The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative democracy has been one of the main games in contemporary political theory for two decades, growing enormously in size and importance in political science and many other disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy takes stock of deliberative democracy as a research field, in philosophy, in various research programmes in the social sciences and law, and in political practice around the globe. It provides a concise history of deliberative ideals in political thought and discusses their philosophical origins.

The Handbook locates deliberation in political systems with different spaces, publics, and venues, including parliaments, courts, governance networks, protests, mini-publics, old and new media, and everyday talk. It engages with practical applications, mapping deliberation as a reform movement and as a device for conflict resolution, documenting the practice and study of deliberative democracy around the world and in global governance.

Andre Bachtiger holds the Chair of Political Theory at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart since 2015. His research focuses on the challenges of mapping and measuring deliberation and political communication as well as understanding the preconditions and outcomes of high-quality deliberation in the contexts of both representative institutions and mini-publics. His research has been published by Cambridge University Press and in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Political Philosophy, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, European Political Science Review, Political Studies, and Acta Politica.


John S. Dryzek is Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. He is a former head of the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Oregon and Melbourne, and of the Social and Political Theory Program at Australian National University. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory and The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. His most recent OUP book is Climate-Challenged Society (with Richard Norgaard and David Schlosberg).


Jane Mansbridge is Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values. She is the author of Beyond Adversary Democracy, an empirical and normative study of face-to-face democracy, and the award-winning Why We Lost the ERA. She is also editor or coeditor of the volumes Beyond Self-Interest, Feminism, Oppositional Consciousness, Deliberative Systems, and Negotiating Agreement in Politics. Her work has appeared in leading journals such as the American Political Science Review and the Journal of Politics. Her current work includes studies of representation, democratic deliberation, everyday activism, and the public understanding of free-rider problems.


Mark E. Warren holds the Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy at the University of British Columbia. He is especially interested in democratic innovations, civil society and democratic governance, and political corruption. Warren is author of Democracy and Association (Princeton University Press, 2001), editor of Democracy and Trust (Cambridge University Press, 1999), and co-editor of Designing Deliberative Democracy: The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Warren's work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and Political Theory. He is currently working with an international team on a project entitled Participedia (www.participedia.net http://www.participedia.net), which uses a web-based platform to collect data about democratic innovation and participatory governance around the world.

Preface1. Introduction, Andre Bachtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark WarrenPart I: Roots of the Deliberative Approach2. The Origins of the Deliberative Turn, Antonio Floridia3. The Philosophical Origins of Deliberative Ideals, Simone Chambers4. The Forms of Deliberative Communication, Francesca Polletta and Beth Gardner5. Deliberative Ideals Across Diverse Cultures, Jensen Sass6. Indigenous Sphere of Deliberation, Martin HebertPart II: Theory of Deliberative Democracy7. The Epistemic Value of Democratic Deliberation, David Estlund and Helene Landemore8. Deliberation and Justice, Stefan Rummens9. Deliberation and Equality, Edana Beauvais10. Deliberative Democracy and Multiculturalism, Monique Deveaux11. Deliberation and Representation, Mark Brown12. Deliberation and Participatory Democracy, Stephen Elstub13. Religious Reasons in Public Deliberation, Andrew March and Alicia Steinmetz14. Deliberation and Voting Entwined, Gerry Mackie15. Listening and Deliberation, Michael Morrell16 Deliberation and Long-Term Decisions: Representing Future Generations, Michael MacKenzie.Part III: Deliberation within Political Systems: Forums, Publics, and Systems17. Institutional Deliberation, Paul Quirk, William Bendix, and Andre Bachtiger18. Minipublics and Deliberative Democracy, Graham Smith and Maija Setala19. Deliberative Polling, James Fishkin20. Scaling Up Deliberative Effects - Applying Lessons of Minipublics, Simon Niemeyer and Julia Jennstal21. Deliberative Media, Rousiley Maia22. Online Deliberation, Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Gronlund23. Taking Everyday Political Talk Seriously, Pamela Johnston Conover and Patrick Miller24. Deliberation in Protests and Social Movements, Donatella della Porta and Nicole Doerr25. Governance Networks, Carolyn Hendriks and John Boswell26. Deliberation and Citizen Interests, John Ferejohn27. Deliberative Systems, John Parkinson28. Politics in Translation: Communication Between Sites of the Deliberative System, Michael Neblo and Avery WhitePart IV: Deliberative Approaches within Disciplines and Fields29. Democratic Deliberation and Social Choice: A Review, Christian List30. Deliberative Democracy and Comparative Democratization Studies, Nicole Curato and Jurg Steiner31. Deliberation in Communication Studies, John Gastil and Laura Black32. Arguing and Deliberation in International Relations, Thomas Risse33. The Political Psychology of Deliberation, Christopher Karpowitz and Tali Mendelberg34. Deliberation and Framing, Thomas Leeper and Rune Slothuus35. Deliberation in Sociology, Erik Schneiderhan and Shamus Khan36. Deliberative Policy Analysis, Frank Fischer and Piyapong Boossabong37. Deliberative Planning Practices Without Smothering Invention: A Practical Aesthetic View, John Forester38. Deliberative Law, David Ponet and Ethan Leib39. Deliberative Constitutionalism, Hoi Kong and Ron Levy40. Deliberative Democracy and Science, Alfred MooreMethods41. Preface to Studying Deliberation Empirically, Andre Bachtiger42. Deliberation and Experimental Design, David Esterling43. Qualitative Assessment of Deliberation, Mark Bevir and Quinlan BowmanPart V: Practical Applications44. Deliberative Democracy as a Reform Movement, Janette Hartz-Karp, Lyn Carson, and Michael Briand45. Deliberative Democracy and Public Dispute Resolution, Lawrence Susskind, Jessica Gordon, and Yasmin Zaerpoor46. Deliberative Negotiation, Daniel Naurin and Christine Reh47. Deliberation in Deeply Divided Societies, Ian O'Flynn and Didier Caluwaerts48. Deliberative Democracy and the Environment, Walter Baber and Robert Bartlett49. Deliberation and Catastrophic Risks, Ryan Gunderson and Thomas DietzPart VI: Deliberative Democracy Around the World50. Deliberative Democracy in East Asia: Japan and China, Beibei Tang, Tetsuki Tamura, and Baogang He51. Deliberative Democracy in India, Ramya Parthasarathy and Vijayendra Rao52. Africa and Deliberative Politics, Emmanuel Ani53. Deliberative Democracy in Latin America, Thamy Pogrebinschi54. Deliberation Constrained: an Increasingly Segmented European Union, Erik Eriksen and John Erik Fossum55. Transnational and Global Deliberation, William SmithPart VII: Reflections56. Interview with Jurgen Habermas57. If Deliberation Is Everything, Maybe It's Nothing, Robert Goodin58. Reflections on Deliberative Democracy: When Theory Meets Practice, Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson