This paper reviews the various connections that can exist between the design of
participatory processes and the different kind of results that they can entail. It details how …

Practitioners in the developing field of intergroup dialogue seek to address critical social
issues of prejudice and intergroup conflict. Goals of dialogue work include relationship …

This essay reflects on the development of the field of deliberative democracy by discussing
twelve key findings that capture a number of resolved issues in normative theory, conceptual …

Names: Mercer, Neil, editor.| Wegerif, Rupert, 1959-editor.| Major, Louis,(Louis Christopher),
1985-editor. Title: The Routledge international handbook of research on dialogic …

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

We show, against skeptics, that however latent it may be in everyday life, the ability to
reason effectively about politics can readily be activated when conditions are right. We justify …

" Professor Gastil has been a leading voice in the deliberative democracy movement for the
last 15 years, and with this book he has created a wonderful resource that adeptly captures …

Democracy harbors within it fundamental tensions between the ideal of giving everyone
equal consideration and the reality of having to make legitimate, binding collective …

In today's society, we can easily connect with people who share our ideas and interests. A
problem with this development is that political reasoning in like-minded groups easily …

Deliberative democrats seek to link political choices more closely to the deliberations of
common citizens, rather than consigning them to speak only in the desiccated language of …