From Participation to Deliberation: A Critical Genealogy of Deliberative Democracy [Hardcover]

Starting from the 1980s, this book provides the first, complete history of the idea of deliberative democracy, analysing its relationship with the earlier idea, and practices, of participatory democracy in the 1960s and 1970s.In 2006, Barack Obama wrote that the 'framework of our constitution' is designed 'to force us into a deliberative democracy in which all citizens are required to engage in a process of testing their ideas against an external reality, persuading others of their point of view'. His statement is just one of the many examples of the contemporary relevance of deliberative democracy. But where does this model come from? When was it born and how did it develop? Starting from the 1980s, this book provides the first, complete history of the idea of deliberative democracy, analysing its relationship with the earlier idea, and practices, of participatory democracy in the 1960s and 1970s. The author provides a lucid and detailed analysis of the texts and authors that have contributed to this theoretical field and, in the final chapter, proposes a possible guiding map of today's complex deliberative field, in its present configuration.Table of ContentsList of Figures xiiiAcknowledgements xvIntroduction 1PART I  THE RISE AND FALL OF PARTICIPATORYDEMOCRACY IN THE 1960s AND 1970s 13Chapter One  Participatory Democracy in the 1960s and 1970s:The Origins of a Model 151.1 The background and the scene: participatory democracy inpolitical and theoretical debates in the United States in the 1960s 151.2 The critique of elitist theories of democracy and the meaning ofthe pluralist approach 231.3 Participatory democracy as a new form of democracy:Pateman and Macpherson 321.4 Levels and forms of participation: Sherry R. Arnsteins ladder 38Chapter Two  Beyond Participatory Democracy: The Debate in the 1980s 432.1 Benjamin Barber: searching for a strong democracy 432.2 Jane Mansbridge: unitary democracy and adversary democracy 502.3 Beyond participatory demol“V