Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion (original) (raw)

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The values of deliberation and political equality have proven hard to achieve simultaneously. Deliberative Polling, which embodies both, provides a useful window on deliberative democracy. The results, responding to ‘defeatist,’ ‘extenuationist,’ and ‘alarmist’ critiques, show that ordinary people can deliberate, that they benefit from doing so, and that the process neither biases nor polarizes their opinions.

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1. Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
   James S Fishkin
2. Department of Government, Texas University, Austin, USA
   Robert C Luskin

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Fishkin, J., Luskin, R. Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion.Acta Polit 40, 284–298 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500121

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• Published: 15 August 2005
• Issue date: 01 September 2005
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500121

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