Integration of Deliberative Democracy and Policy-Making. A Vision of a Deliberative System Cover Image

Integrisanje deliberativne demokratije i deliberativne izrade javnih politika. Vizija deliberativnog sistema
Integration of Deliberative Democracy and Policy-Making. A Vision of a Deliberative System

Author(s): Vanja Savić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: Deliberative democracy; post-empiricist policy-making; inclusion; delibera­tion; citizenship.

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines major propositions of deliberative democratic theory, di­vided into problems of inclusion, deliberation and citizenship and their parallel articulation, as well as empirical examination and specification, in literature on post-empiricist policy-making. The theory of deliberative democracy and literature on deliberative policy-making have raised similar concerns and made parallel proposals about possible remedies of ills of contemporary democracy i.e. policy-making, specifically concerning broader inclusion in democratic and policy-making practices, deliberative consideration of issues in both poli­cy-making and democratic politics and enhanced civic skills of democratic participants i.e. policy-takers. Authors in both sets of literature reach a similar conclusion about incorpora­tion of democratic i.e. policy-making deliberative efforts into institutions of liberal democ­racy so as to create a larger ‘deliberative system’ of interconnected chains of communica­tion and legitimacy.

  • Issue Year: 23/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 170-189
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English