Deliberative Democracy: Pathologies of Deliberation

摘要: The dominant view among contemporary political theorists, including some theorists writing in this volume, is that deliberation improves the quality of decisions and enriches democracy. In essay I turn a more skeptical eye on its effects. do so not as an advocate closed, authoritarian collective decision making. Instead, my intention to identify scenarios which produces outcomes are perverse from perspective democratic theory. These pathologies deliberation, like their physiological counterparts, must be understood if we immunize ourselves against them. accept Przeworski's broad definition offered Chapter 6, endogenous change preferences resulting communication. am particularly interested influence public communication identities citizens settings, citizens' government policy. Information produced societies collectively consider how organize themselves influences what people believe best for them others. beliefs often depend causal models have our minds about effect given course action well-being Public influencing these important over normative matters, perhaps subject manipulation. It may hard me convince you correctness spending money education dedicated extreme version laissez-faire, just it someone invert his or her preference chocolate versus strawberry ice cream.