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Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion
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The results, responding to defeatist, extenuationist, and alarmist critiques, show that ordinary people can deliberate, that they benefit from doing so, and that the process neither biases nor polarizes their opinions as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The values of deliberation and political equality have proven hard to achieve simultaneously. Deliberative Polling, which embodies both, provides a useful window on deliberative democracy. The results, responding to ‘defeatist,’ ‘extenuationist,’ and ‘alarmist’ critiques, show that ordinary people can deliberate, that they benefit from doing so, and that the process neither biases nor polarizes their opinions.read more
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Political Communication in Media Society: Does Democracy Still Enjoy an Epistemic Dimension? The Impact of Normative Theory on Empirical Research
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Deliberative Democratic Theory and Empirical Political Science
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The Elusive Backfire Effect: Mass Attitudes' Steadfast Factual Adherence
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