Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy

by Henry S. Richardson

Book Overview

What would our decision-making procedures look like if they were actually guided by the much-discussed concept of "deliberative democracy"? What does rule by the people for the people entail? And how can a modern government's reliance on administrative agencies be reconciled with this populist ideal? What form must democratic reasoning take in the modern administrative state?
Democratic Autonomy squarely faces these challenges to the deliberative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195150902
• ISBN13: 9780195150902
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 6.5"