Title: Deliberative Procedures as Social Technology
Abstract: Abstract Research on deliberative procedures uses normative concepts not only to justify the democratic legitimacy of these procedures but also as analytical tools to understand their empirical effects. This leads to a normativist bias in deliberation research. I argue that deliberative procedures should instead be regarded as a type of opinion-shaping social technology. I introduce a theoretical scheme that helps researchers analyze the interplay between formal and informal aspects of deliberative procedures. The usefulness of the scheme is shown in a case study of the EuroPolis Deliberative Poll .
Publication Year: 2023
Publication Date: 2023-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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