Table of Contents

Preface ; PART I INTRODUCTION ; 1. Deliberative Turns ; PART II FOUNDATIONS ; 2. Legitimacy ; 3. Representation ; 4. Communication And Rhetoric ; 5. Pluralism And Meta-Consensus ; 6. Governance Networks ; 7. The Democratization of Authoritarian States ; 8. Mini-Publics and Their Macro Consequences ; 9. Global Politics ; PART IV CONCLUSION ; 10. Integrated Foundations and Long Frontiers ; Bibliography ; Index

About the Author

John Dryzek is Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, former Head of the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Oregon and Melbourne and the Social and Political Theory Program at ANU, and former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science. Working in both political theory and empirical social science, he is best known for his contributions in the areas of democratic theory and practice and environmental politics. One of the instigators of the 'deliberative turn' in democratic theory, he has published four books in this area with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Polity Press. His work in environmental politics ranges from green political philosophy to studies of environmental discourses and movements, and he has published three books in this area.

Reviews

the text is thoughtful and well argued. Reading it and many of the works referenced within is a must for students of democracy and governance. Thomas A. Bryer, Public Administration