Designing Deliberative Democracy: The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly

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Designing Deliberative Democracy

The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Tables
pp vii-vii

List of Figures
pp viii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Introduction: democratic renewal and deliberative democracy
pp 1-19

1 - Who should govern who governs? The role of citizens in reforming the electoral system
pp 20-49

2 - Citizen representatives
pp 50-69

3 - Institutional design and citizen deliberation
pp 70-84

4 - Agenda-setting in deliberative forums: expert influence and citizen autonomy in the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly
pp 85-105

5 - Descriptive representation in the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly
pp 106-126

6 - Do citizens' assemblies make reasoned choices?
pp 127-144

7 - Communicative rationality in the Citizens' Assembly and referendum processes
pp 145-165

8 - Deliberation, information, and trust: the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly as agenda setter
pp 166-191

Conclusion: the Citizens' Assembly model
pp 192-213

References
pp 214-231

Index
pp 232-237

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