Deliberative Politics in Action

Analyzing Parliamentary Discourse

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This study of deliberative politics provides the first extended empirical analysis of the role of conversation and arguments in politics. Examining parliamentary debates in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, the authors measure the preconditions and consequences of high level deliberation. Acknowledgments vi Introduction: The research questions 1(7) 1 Institutions and behavior: the example of consociational theory 8(8) 2 The philosophical literature on deliberative politics 16(27) 3 Measuring deliberation: a Discourse Quality Index 43(31) 4 Understanding the real world of deliberation: hypotheses about antecedents and consequences 74(24) 5 Antecedents of deliberation: institutions and issues 98(40) 6 Discourse and its consequences 138(27) Conclusion and research outlook 165(5) Appendix: Discourse Quality Index (DQI): instructions for coders 170(10) References 180(14) Index 194
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Jaar
2005
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Engels
Pagina's
206
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349 gr
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9780521535649
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230 x 162 x 13 mm
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