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OverviewWhat is the effect of deliberation on political actors and when can we expect it to be successful? Are mutual understanding and consensus realistic results of political decision-making processes or is compromise the most we can hope for? This book addresses what appear to be blind spots in theories of deliberative democracy: the conceptual and empirical relationship between communication and political preferences and the institutional preconditions for preference change and co-ordination. It proposes a model of preference transformation through communication and develops a typology of modes of political interaction that distinguishes discussion, deliberation, debate and bargaining. This serves as a framework for the analysis of a fundamental and highly polarising conflict - the German decision over the import of embryonic stem cells. Analysis of communicative interaction in different forums shows how a well justified and widely accepted compromise was achieved in a conflict that had appeared irresolvable in moral terms and irreducible in terms of interest. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Claudia LandwehrPublisher: ECPR Press Imprint: ECPR Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9780955820304ISBN 10: 0955820308 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 April 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter one: Preference and Decision Chapter two: Communicative Interaction and Preference-Formation Chapter three: Institutional Context and Modes of Interaction Chapter four: Case Study: The German Decision on the Importation of Embryonic Stem Cells Chapter five: Case Analysis: Forums, Modes of Interaction and Preference-Formation in the Stem-Cell Conflict Conclusion Appendix Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationClaudia Landwehr is a Schumpeter Fellow at the Institute of Political Science at the Goethe-University Frankfurt / Main. She has previously been a junior research fellow at the University of Hamburg and an academic visitor at the Australian National University and Harvard University. Her research focuses on theories of democracy and justice and, more recently, on the distribution of health care in international comparison. She has published on deliberative democracy, communicative interaction and health care rationing. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |