200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social choice theory and theories of deliberative discourse have deeply impacted on the way political scientists understand the dynamics of democratic politics and decision-making. Deliberation, Social Choice and Absolutist Democracy addresses the dispute between these competing schools of thought.
Deliberative democracy and social choice theorists offer the two dominant and... Read more
Chapter One: Democratic Alternatives
Chapter Two: An Empirical Test of Discursive and Social Choice theories of Democracy
Chapter Three: Hobbesian Sovereignty: An Unlikely Source for Democratic Politics
Chapter Four: Rousseau: A Democratic Ally for Hobbes
Chapter Five: A Return to Social Choice Theory
Biography
David van Mill is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the University of Western Australia.






