Experiments are essential to the practice of democratic deliberation, which itself is an
experimental remedy to the problem of self-governance. This field, however, is constrained …

Can men and women have equal levels of voice and authority in deliberation or does
deliberation exacerbate gender inequality? Does increasing women's descriptive …

The chapter offers an overview and critical reflections on current approaches to the study of
emotion and politics, highlighting both conceptual challenges and possibilities for …

Mobile instant messaging services (MIMs) are important gateways to news exposure and
political conversations. Nevertheless, we still know little about the specific uses and …

Deliberative democracy is now a flourishing field. Deliberative democratic thinking
characterizes ever more areas of theory and empirical study. Practical democratic …

Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the US Supreme Court have all alleged that jury
service promotes civic and political engagement, yet none could prove it. Finally, The Jury …

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This paper explores theoretical and practical distinctions between individual citizens
('citizens') and organized groups ('stakeholder representatives' or 'stakeholders' for short) in …

This article introduces deliberative inquiry (DI), a practical theory designed to guide the work
of deliberative practitioners working in their local communities to better address wicked …

Advocates argue that deliberative democracy offers a more normatively appropriate form of
democratic governance than mere representative democracy. It provides the opportunity for …