The Politics of Public Deliberation: Citizen Engagement and Interest Advocacy

By Carolyn Hendricks, C Hendriks, Carolyn M. Hendriks

PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Public Deliberation in the Context of Interest Advocacy Worlds Apart or Connected? Interest Advocacy and Public Deliberation The Features and Principles of Citizens' Forums PART II: EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS CDL Case: Deliberation Waste GeneTech Case: Deliberation Digested Consumer Case: Deliberation Over-Protected Diagnostics Case: Deliberation Tested PART III: IMPLICATIONS The Challenges of Citizens' Forums Strategic Uses of Public Deliberation Accommodating Interest Advocacy in Public Deliberation References Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349318418
• ISBN13: 9781349318414
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"