Looking in from the Outside: How Do Invited But Not Selected Citizens Perceive the Legitimacy of a Minipublic?
Deliberative minipublics are often critiqued for being disconnected with mass democracy. This is problematic from the perspective of legitimacy. If ordinary citizens are not aware of the existence of minipublics, how can citizens consent to the process and outcomes of these processes? One possible d...
Main Authors: | Didier Caluwaerts, Julien Vrydagh, Min Reuchamps, Sophie Devillers |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Westminster Press
2021-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Deliberative Democracy |
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Online Access: | https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/961/ |
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