1. Introduction: Deliberation between Ends and Values Paul Gunn 2. Can Deliberative Democracy Be Partisan? Russell Muirhead 3. Democracy and the Deliberative Conceit Mark Pennington 4. Rational Democracy, Deliberation, and Reality Manfred Prisching 5. When Deliberation Produces Extremism David Schkade, Cass R. Sunstein, and Reid Hastie 6. Deliberative Democracy and Political Ignorance Ilya Somin 7. An Epistemological Defense of Democracy Robert B. Talisse 8. Incommunicative Action: An Esoteric Warning about Deliberative Democracy Geoffrey M. Vaughan
Biography
Paul Gunn is lecturer in political economy at Goldsmiths, University of London. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London, and his research interests concern the implications of social complexity on institutional choice and performance.
'This book offers an intervention in the deliberative literature, and will be of interest to anyone interested in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy.' - Jonathan Kuyper, Stockholm University, e-International Relations
