Table of Contents for
Designing Deliberative Democracy:
The British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly
List of Tables
List of Figures
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Democratic Renewal and Deliberative Democracy
Mark E. Warren and Hilary Pearse
1 Who Should Govern Who Governs? The Role of Citizens in Reforming the Electoral System
Dennis F. Thompson
2 Citizen Representatives
Mark E. Warren
3 Institutional Design and Citizen Deliberation
Hilary Pearse
4 Agenda Setting in Deliberative Forums: Expert Influence and Citizen Autonomy
Amy Lang
5 Descriptive Representation in the BC Citizens’ Assembly
Michael Rabinder James
6 Do Citizens’ Assemblies Make Reasoned Choices?
Andre Blais, R. Kenneth Carty, and Patrick Fournier
7 Communicative Rationality in the Citizens’ Assembly and Referendum Process
R. S. Ratner
8 Deliberation, Information, and Trust: The BC Citizens’ Assembly as Agenda Setter
Fred Cutler and Richard Johnston, with R. Kenneth Carty, André Blais, and Patrick Fournier
Conclusion: The Citizens’ Assembly Model
John Ferejohn
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