Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. One. The Discursive Turn Citizens Talking Together 1
5. Part 1. Discursive P articipation and Public Deliberation by Americans
6. Two. How Much Deliberation? 31
7. Three. Who Deliberates? 43
8. Four. How Do Americans Deliberate? 64
9. Five. The Civic and Political Impacts of Discursive Participation 83
10. Six. A Case Study of Deliberation in Action Americans Discuss Social Security 118
11. Part 2. Why Discursive Participation?
12. Seven. Organizing Deliberation 135
13. Eight. The Practice of Deliberation and the Hope for Democratic Renewal 152
14. Appendix. Coding of Variables from Discursive Participation Survey of the General Public 169
15. Notes 189
16. References 193
17. Index 205