1st Edition

Deliberation, Social Choice and Absolutist Democracy

By David van Mill Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

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.