Routledge Deliberative Democracy and its Discontents - Applied Legal Philosophy

This collection from Routledge examines deliberative democracy through political, legal, and European perspectives, offering a critical assessment of democratic deliberation's benefits and limitations. The essays address three fundamental questions: why, how, and where democracies should deliberate. Contributors provide balanced discussion of current arguments whilst responding to the strongest criticisms of deliberative democracy theory. The work draws on post-national and American viewpoints alongside European analysis, making it essential reading for political theorists, legal scholars, and democratic theory researchers seeking to understand both the promise and pitfalls of deliberation as a democratic practice.