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Title: Democracy and Deliberation: New Directions for Democratic Reform by James S. Fishkin ISBN: 0-300-05163-8 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00

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Rating: 4
Summary: Read this book for its critique, not the proposal.
Comment: This slim book is better than the synopsis given above suggests. While the proposal referenced in the synopsis is, granted, part of the book, the critique of majoritarian-direct democracy is what's worth chewing on here. Fishkin is not impressed by the power of the vote when voters haven't THOUGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER about the power they are exercising. This is the "deliberation" in his title. Ballot initiatives, electronic voting, voting "from the convenience of your recliner with the click of a button," opinion polling, etc. all tend toward thoughtless spewage (think of the Jerry Springer Show) without deliberation. This is a problem worth working on, and he takes one crack at it with his proposal.

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