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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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We needed both individual and collective notions of freedom to survive if technology is not to empower tyranny
The creation of "civic agency" will transform 21st-century democracy
Deliberate, dethrone, or devolve - which route from crisis works?
Plato and Rousseau, Arendt and Habermas, JS Mill and Slashdot's Cmdr Taco at openDemocracy's table
A British sustainability proposal with European lessons. Plus: more from Switzerland and James Fishkin in the deliberation debate
How best can citizens engage democratic processes and improve outcomes?
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