The Australian Citizens' Parliament and the Future of Deliberative Democracy

Book Overview

Growing numbers of scholars, practitioners, politicians, and citizens recognize the value of deliberative civic engagement processes that enable citizens and governments to come together in public spaces and engage in constructive dialogue, informed discussion, and decisive deliberation. This book seeks to fill a gap in empirical studies in deliberative democracy by studying the assembly of the Australian Citizens' Parliament (ACP), which took...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271060131
• ISBN13: 9780271060132
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"