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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-25 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Political Theory |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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Deliberative Cultures. / Sass, Jensen; Dryzek, John.
In: Political Theory, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2014, p. 3-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Deliberative Cultures
AU - Sass, Jensen
AU - Dryzek, John
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Increasing interest in applying the theory and practice of deliberative democracy to new and varied political contexts leads us to ask whether or not deliberation is a universal political practice. While deliberation does manifest a universal competence, its character varies substantially across time and space, a variation partially explicable in cultural terms. We deploy an intersubjective conception of culture in order to explore these differences. Culture meets deliberation where publicly accessible meanings, symbols, and norms shape the way political actors engage one another in discourse. Fuller understanding of political deliberation requires comparative and historical studies of particular contexts. We look at one case from Egypt in some depth and provide shorter illustrations from Botswana, Europe, India, Japan, Madagascar, the United States, Yemen, and elsewhere. Cross-cultural learning can enrich the theory of deliberative democracy, and give democratic theory a more universal reach.
AB - Increasing interest in applying the theory and practice of deliberative democracy to new and varied political contexts leads us to ask whether or not deliberation is a universal political practice. While deliberation does manifest a universal competence, its character varies substantially across time and space, a variation partially explicable in cultural terms. We deploy an intersubjective conception of culture in order to explore these differences. Culture meets deliberation where publicly accessible meanings, symbols, and norms shape the way political actors engage one another in discourse. Fuller understanding of political deliberation requires comparative and historical studies of particular contexts. We look at one case from Egypt in some depth and provide shorter illustrations from Botswana, Europe, India, Japan, Madagascar, the United States, Yemen, and elsewhere. Cross-cultural learning can enrich the theory of deliberative democracy, and give democratic theory a more universal reach.
KW - deliberative democracy
KW - political culture
KW - intersubjective conception of
KW - culture
KW - communicative norms
U2 - 10.1177/0090591713507933
DO - 10.1177/0090591713507933
M3 - Article
VL - 42
SP - 3
EP - 25
JO - Political Theory
JF - Political Theory
SN - 0090-5917
IS - 1
ER -