Deliberation and Development Rethinking the Role of Voice and Collective Action in Unequal Societies
, by Heller, Patrick; Rao, VijayendraNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781464805011 | 1464805016
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/13/2015
This book marries two fields that rarely converse with one another:
deliberative democracy and development studies. The study of
deliberation—which explores normative and practical questions around
group-based decision making through discussion or debate—has emerged
as a critical area of study over the past two decades. Concurrently, the field
of development has seen a spurt of interest in community-led development
and participation premised on the ability of groups to arrive at decisions
and manage resources via a process of discussion and debate. Despite the
growing interest in both fields, they have rarely engaged with one another.
This book, which brings together new essays by some of the leading scholars
in the field, deepens our understanding of participatory decision making
in developing countries while initiating a new field of study for scholars
of deliberation. In the process, it sheds light on how to best design and
implement policies to strengthen the role of participation in development.