The argumentative theory of reasoning suggests that the main function of reasoning is to
exchange arguments with others. This theory explains key properties of reasoning. When …

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 …

In intense forms of public consultations, select groups of citizens, called mini-publics, are
given a large amount of information and then asked to deliberate on policy directions and …

In the study of deliberation, a largely under‐explored area is why some participants polarise
their opinion after deliberation and why others moderate them. Opinion polarisation is …

Several previous studies have suggested potential benefits of intergenerational
retrospective viewpoints to both promote individuals' policy preferences and resolve …

This special issue focuses on EuroPolis, a unique experiment in 'deliberative democracy'at
the European level convened in Brussels soon before the 2009 European Parliamentary …

Deliberative democracy is for many the most significant development in democratic theory in
the last 50 years and it has been used in some places to solve real-world policy problems …

The article departs from the argument that research on welfare attitudes is, so far, dominated
by large‐scale survey‐studies, which allow for generalizable insights into citizens' …

Previous studies have found that deliberative practices such as mini-publics produce
opinion changes among participants. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms and …

The significance of deliberators' awareness of attitude transformation can be derived directly
from deliberative democracy theory, but the issue has received little attention in research …