Both are needed for the kind of democratic deliberation that Lynch (and I) want to promote.
Do the internet and new media threaten democratic deliberation and drive political division?
Politics is by horse-trading among interest groups – not by reason, expertise and democratic deliberation.
As for the broader societal conversation, various models exist for democratic deliberation that could be applied.
It must be preceded by democratic deliberation and informed decision-making.
Secondly, finance is in its essence undemocratic, ie out of the control of democratic deliberation.
Wiklund H (2005) In search of arenas for democratic deliberation: a Habermasian review of environmental assessment.
ISPS advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation.
Her current work includes studies of representation, democratic deliberation, everyday activism, and the public understanding of free-rider problems.
Facebook needs to tell us what it knows and demonstrate that it can prevent interference with democratic deliberation.
Clicking with a mouse, however, is scarcely more credible a form of democratic deliberation than posting a cheque.
