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democracy & deliberation

Democracy is championed as a value yet often degraded in its practice. Can the form of focused, extended public discussion known as “deliberation” re-vivify it? James S Fishkin launches the debate by addressing the arguments about collective judgment in James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds.

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