Can Deliberative Democracy Work in Hierarchical Organizations?

Some measure of equality is necessary for deliberative democracy to work well, yet empirical scholarship consistently points to the deleterious effect that hierarchy and inequalities of epistemological authority have on deliberation. This article tests whether real-world deliberative forums can over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grant Neeley, Jason L. Pierce, Jeffrey Budziak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Westminster Press 2008-07-01
Series:Journal of Deliberative Democracy
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Online Access:https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/345/