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When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
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All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. This book combines a new theory of democracy with actual practice and shows how an idea that harks back to ancient Athens can be used to revive our modern democracies. This book outlines deliberative democracy projects conducted by the author with various collaborators in the US, China, Britain, Denmark, Australia, Italy, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, and in the entire European Union. These projects have resulted in the massive expansion of wind power in Texas, the building of sewage treatment plants in China, and greater mutual understanding between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.
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“This challenge in turn leads to risks of uneven voter turnout, the influence of special interests, and great inconsistencies in the results of referenda (Fishkin 2011).”
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- Authors
- Fishkin, J. S.
- Corresponding author
- Fishkin, James S.
- ORCID
- Fishkin, James S.
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2011-08-18
- OpenAlex
- W4255547221
- Cited by
- 368
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 8.38
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- deliberative democracy, democratic reform, citizen participation, Athenian democracy, public deliberation, wind power expansion, wastewater treatment plants, Protestant-Catholic reconciliation, Northern Ireland, European Union
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