Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leading scholar

The contributions in this anthology address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement

Public authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to ta

This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of deliberative democracy.

The local school board is one of America’s enduring venues of lay democracy at work. In Democracy, Deliberation, and Education, Robert Asen takes the pulse of