Reviews for Discursive democracy

The average rating for Discursive democracy based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-09 00:00:00 Joe Wilkinson I really loved this book. Although I am already familiar with deliberative democracy, this book really explained the entire philosophy of the practice in a really systematic and clear way. Dryzek anticipates questions and concerns readers might have about the philosophies and concepts he discusses, and he does a brilliant job of it. I would say the biggest struggle, for me, is the concept of communicative rationality. Although Dryzek acknowledges that there aren't real-world approximations of it, it's a concept that underpins the entire discursive democracy process. I just can't get past the problem of how difficult it would be in the real world to have a group made up of people from all walks of life who have equal communicative competency. I know this is not his original concept, and I actually prefer this form of rationality to the instrumental type so focused on elsewhere; but I was hoping for a better alternative to instrumental rationality. So my search continues for the model (or, more likely, models) of rationality that explain human behaviour and should inform decision making, but I am very happy I read this book. There was a lot to digest, and it's likely to be a book I will refer to again and again.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-05-05 00:00:00 Sean Clarkin Great book .... Good context