public deliberation and political participation in America /
Lawrence R. Jacobs, Fay Lomax Cook, and Michael X. Delli Carpini.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
c2009.
x, 210 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The discursive turn : citizens talking together -- 2. How much deliberation? -- 3. Who deliberates? -- 4. How do Americans deliberate? -- 5. The civic and political impacts of discursive participation -- 6. A case study of deliberation in action : Americans discuss social security -- 7. Organizing deliberation -- 8. The practice of deliberation and the hope for democratic renewal -- Appendix : coding of variables from discursive participation survey of the general public.