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UNINA9910145272303321 |
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Titolo |
Debating deliberative democracy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James S. Fishkin and Peter Laslett |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2003 |
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1-281-31865-5 |
9786611318659 |
0-470-79363-5 |
0-470-69073-9 |
0-470-68046-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Collana |
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Philosophy, politics and society ; ; 7 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FishkinJames S |
LaslettPeter |
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Deliberative democracy |
Representative government and representation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Deliberation day / Bruce Aackerman and James S. Fishkin -- Deliberative democracy beyond process / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson -- Deliberation within / Robert E. Goodin -- The law of group polarization / Cass R. Sunstein -- Activist challenges to deliberative democracy / Iris Marion Young -- Optimal deliberation? / Ian Shapiro -- Deliberative democracy, the discursive dilemma and republican theory / Philip Pettit -- The street level epistemology of political participation / Russell Hardin -- Deliberative democracy and social choice / David Miller -- Deliberation between institutions / Jeffrey K. Tulis. |
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Debating Deliberative Democracy explores the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting and majority rule in deliberative arrangements. Investigates |
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the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting |
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UNINA9910810674803321 |
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Autore |
Aitken Jonathan <1942-> |
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Nazarbayev and the making of Kazakhstan / / Jonathan Aitken |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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1-4411-9562-9 |
1-282-87519-1 |
9786612875199 |
1-4411-5862-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Kazakhstan History |
Kazakhstan Politics and government 1991- |
Kazakhstan Economic conditions 1991- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1: Ancestry and Childhood; 2: Student and Steelworker; 3: Young Communist, Young Husband, Young Rebel; 4: Climbing the Party Ladder; 5: A Frustrated Prime Minister 1984-1986; 6: December 1986 and its Consequences; 7: The Coup and the Breakup; 8: The Birth Pains of Independence; 9: To Nuclear or Not to Nuclear; 10: New Currency - New Constitution - New Economy; 11: Russia, the Caspian and China; 12: Entering the 21st Century Part I - The Domestic President; 13: Entering the 21st Century Part II - The International President; 14: A Capital Vision; Epilogue |
Source NotesSelect Bibliography; Index |
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Kazakhstan is colossal in size, complicated in its history, colourful in its |
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culture and is a nation state that most outsiders know little of. Much of the existing narrative revolves around the country's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. But his life can only be understood in the context of the land in which he was born, raised and became a leader. For centuries the tribes of Kazakhstan had been plundered and conquered by foreign invaders. The most ruthless of these were the 20th century leaders of the Soviet Union, but after its collapse it was Nazarbayev who emerged as the new President |
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