Deliberative Democracy and Divided Societies:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621446');Shows how deliberative democracy has crucial, untapped opportunities for societies divided along ethnic linesIn a world where the impact of internal conflicts is spreading ever wider, there is a real need to rethink how democratic ideals a...

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Main Author: O'Flynn, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Summary:GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621446');Shows how deliberative democracy has crucial, untapped opportunities for societies divided along ethnic linesIn a world where the impact of internal conflicts is spreading ever wider, there is a real need to rethink how democratic ideals and institutions can best be implemented. Stephen Elstub shows how deliberative norms and procedures can enable the citizens of conflict-stricken societies to build and sustain a stronger sense of common national identity. More specifically, he argues that the deliberative requirements of reciprocity and publicity can enable citizens and representatives to strike an appropriate balance between the need to recognise competing ethnic identities and the need to develop a common civic identity centred on the institutions of the state.Key FeaturesDraws on a broad range of empirical examples, from cases such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, Macedonia, Northern Ireland and South AfricaConsiders the normative implications of deliberative democracy for questions of institutional design
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
ISBN:9780748627035
DOI:10.1515/9780748627035