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This paper will discuss the concept of a “deliberative” democracy. Various key authors on deliberative democracy will be highlighted: James Bohman, Amy Gutmann, Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls. The role for political communication of the mass media and of the internet will be outlined.
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Kettner, M. (2007). Deliberative democracy : from Rational Discourse to Public Debate. In: Goujon, P., Lavelle, S., Duquenoy, P., Kimppa, K., Laurent, V. (eds) The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 233. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72381-5_7
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