LEADER 03699nam 22007214a 450 001 9910451988803321 005 20210529002314.0 010 $a1-281-74062-4 010 $a9786611740627 010 $a0-300-12702-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127027 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471854 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049391 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136335 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139181 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136335 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083794 035 $a(PQKB)10302568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419938 035 $a(DE-B1597)485512 035 $a(OCoLC)1100431192 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127027 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169964 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174062 035 $a(OCoLC)923588730 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471854 100 $a20030829d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeliberation Day$b[electronic resource] /$fBruce Ackerman and James Fishkin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-10101-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$t1. IMAGINE --$t2. THE HOLIDAY --$t3. FROM THOUGHT-EXPERIMENTS TO REAL EXPERIMENTS --$t4. CYCLES OF VIRTUE --$t5. EXTENDING THE PARADIGM --$t6. WHAT PRICE DELIBERATION? --$t7. THE PROBLEM OF MASS DEMOCRACY --$t8. RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP --$t9. FEARFUL ASYMMETRIES --$t10. ALTERNATIVE FUTURES --$tAPPENDIX A. ESTIMATED COSTS FOR DELIBERATION DAY --$tAPPENDIX B. THE IOWA EXPERIENCE --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aBruce Ackerman and James Fishkin argue that Americans can revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life. They propose a new national holiday-Deliberation Day-for each presidential election year. On this day people throughout the country will meet in public spaces and engage in structured debates about issues that divide the candidates in the upcoming presidential election. Deliberation Day is a bold new proposal, but it builds on a host of smaller experiments. Over the past decade, Fishkin has initiated Deliberative Polling events in the United States and elsewhere that bring random and representative samples of voters together for discussion of key political issues. In these events, participants greatly increase their understanding of the issues and often change their minds on the best course of action. Deliberation Day is not merely a novel idea but a feasible reform. Ackerman and Fishkin consider the economic, organizational, and political questions raised by their proposal and explore its relationship to the larger ideals of liberal democracy. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aElections$zUnited States 606 $aLegitimacy of governments$zUnited States 606 $aForums (Discussion and debate) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aElections 615 0$aLegitimacy of governments 615 0$aForums (Discussion and debate) 676 $a324.6/0973 686 $aMG 70075$2rvk 700 $aAckerman$b Bruce A$0123194 701 $aFishkin$b James S$0555644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451988803321 996 $aDeliberation Day$92487521 997 $aUNINA