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AR; Is Deliberative Democracy a Falsifiable Theory?
In its current form, it might (not) be. Interested? Diana C. Mutz’s 2008 article might just prove to be one of the most important articles I’ve come across (thanks to my supervisor). It builds a very compelling case against the … Continue reading
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Tagged AnnRevPolSci, article review, awesomeness, deliberation, deliberative democracy, Mutz, political theory
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One quick note – two articles
I’ve been getting busier and busier – mostly with teaching -, as a result of which I’ve had to somewhat neglect blogging. This post won’t make up for it for sure- it’s not even a proper review by my own … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented deliberation, deliberation, gordon, internet adoption, internet use, manosevitch, nms, peng, urban planning, zhu
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AR; Leader Democracy
In what is a bit of a paradox, the study of politics often neglects the study of politicians – points out a great article by András Körösényi. The piece presents a descriptive-explanatory model of democracy, highlighting the role of those … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, deliberation, Government and Opposition, Kock, Korosenyi, leader democracy, model of democracy, Schumpeter
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AR; Three models of democratic communication
Measuring the deliberative qualities of online instances of discussion is good – but the framework of measurement could be expanded, so that “instead of discarding non-deliberative posts as conceptual detritus, the framework would allow them to be contextualized alongside deliberative … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, communitarian, Dahlberg, deliberation, deliberative, Freelon, Habermas, liberal, nms, republican
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Lippmann’s elitism
Alison Kadlec and Will Friedman’s article is a response to a set of critical arguments against deliberation, distilled from works of Iris Young and Lynn Sanders. Young, Sanders (and other, activist-minded critics) claim that formally and procedurally correct deliberation will … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, deliberation, Dewey, elitism, Friedman, JPD, Kadlec, Lippmann, political participation, Sanders, Young
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AR; Why we need the devil’s advocate
“An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.” “No, it isn’t.” Earlier I posted a review of Luigi Bobbio’s article Types of deliberation, and enthused about the so-called oratory model of deliberation. In this model, … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, Bobbio, contradiction, deliberation, Manin, oratory model, SPSR, Sunstein
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AR; Do Dugg Diggers Digg Diligently?
Credit to Alexander Halavais for the title – as well as the subject of this post – his eponymous paper. The article examines the role of feedback in motivating commenters on Digg. (In a nutshell: feedback, either positive or negative, … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, deliberation, digg, feedback, Halavais, ICS
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AR; how to cope with the scope?
Deliberation is a good thing, but it’s also very demanding. How can it serve as the organizing principle for a modern democracy, where a common position must be found not among a small group, but among millions of people? Will … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Almond, article review, civic culture, deliberation, Dewey, Friedman, JPD, political participation, problem of scope, Verba
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AR; coding deliberation, again
In the review of relevant literature, I’ve again come across two articles that try to tackle the thorny issue of measuring the qualities of deliberation. Of course the thorniness (thank you, thank you) of the issue lies in the fact … Continue reading
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Tagged Amengual, article review, deliberation, gastil, Hartz-Karp, JPD, Mansbridge, Stromer-Galley
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AR; Is information good for deliberation?
Polletta, Chen and Anderson study in a recently published article the extent and effects of information sharing (link posting) in online deliberation. When asking the question “is it good for deliberation,” the authors look at the process, not the outcome … Continue reading
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Tagged Anderson, article review, Chen, deliberation, digital divide, JPD, link-posting, Polletta, scale and uptake problem
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