¹ Even, or perhaps especially, liberals scarcely aware of their liberalism have developed similar (mostly utilitarian) balancing rules, for example, between economies of scale in governance and the benefits of cultural autonomy (Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore, The Size of Nations, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003).

² February 2009, 103 (1): 59–81.

³ See, for instance, the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University: http://cdd.stanford.edu; the Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance at Australian National University: http://deliberativedemocracy.anu.edu.au; or the Deliberative Democracy Consortium at http://www.deliberative-democracy.net

⁴ Kevin M. Esterling, Ryan P. Kennedy, David M. J. Lazer, and Anand E. Sokhey.

⁵ Given that the Iversen & Soskice article takes as its starting point some work on which APSR Managing Co-Editor Ronald Rogowski was a co-author, it is appropriate to note that Rogowski recused himself from all stages of this article's consideration for publication.