Andrea Felicetti

TL;DR: Social science on “deliberative democracy” offers reasons for optimism about citizens' capacity to avoid polarization and manipulation and to make sound decisions and empirical evidence shows that the gap can be closed.

TL;DR: The relationship between localism and community groups like Transition Initiatives is discussed in this paper, where it is argued that despite some overlap, the relationship between Localism and Community groups is problematic for theoretical and practical reasons.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for the assessment of deliberative mini-publics as a dynamic part of a wider deliberative system, drawing primarily on Dryzek's (2009) deliberative capacity building framework, which describes the democratic process as ideally involving authentic deliberation, inclusiveness in the deliberative process, and consequentiality or deliberation's influence on decisions as well as positive impact on the system.

TL;DR: This paper explored linkages between salient elements of the deliberative process, the emergence of a sense of "being Australian" and the final agreed list of policy recommendations that indicated an understanding of and commitment to the common good.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a combination of reforms based on the ideas of workplace deliberation and business deliberation is necessary in order to promote the prospect of deliberation in different business contexts and discuss the importance of more democratic firms for deliberative democracy at large and in particular for the recent debate on deliberative systems.