Journal article
Public Discussion in the Deliberative System: Does It Make Better Citizens?
British journal of political science, Vol.37(4), pp.587-618
10/2007
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123407000336
Abstract
In democratic theory, the practice of discussing public affairs has been associated with desirable consequences for citizenship and democracy. We use Anglo-American survey data to examine twelve hypotheses about psychological foundations for four general conditions that such discussions might promote: autonomous citizens, political legitimacy, good representation and democratic communities. Our data combine detailed measures of public discussion with measures of more of its hypothesized civic consequences than have heretofore been available. They also enable us to probe, using specialized samples, causal inferences suggested by our analyses of random samples in our British and American communities. Six of the hypotheses are supported, including at least one regarding each of the four general liberal democratic conditions we investigate.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Public Discussion in the Deliberative System: Does It Make Better Citizens?
- Creators
- DONALD D SEARING - Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFREDERICK SOLT - Department of Political Science, University of Southern Illinois at CarbondalePAMELA JOHNSTON CONOVER - Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillIVOR CREWE - University of Essex
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of political science, Vol.37(4), pp.587-618
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0007123407000336
- ISSN
- 0007-1234
- eISSN
- 1469-2112
- Number of pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2007
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983989280302771
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