The vast and wonderful knowledge of this universe is locked in the bosoms of its individual
souls. To tap this mighty reservoir of experience, knowledge, beauty, love, and deed we …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Democratic Reason Page 3 Page 4 Democratic Reason Politics,
Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many Hélène Landemore Princeton University …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

This paper is positioned at the intersection of two literatures: partisan polarization and
deliberative democracy. It analyzes results from a national field experiment in which more …

Americans today are affectively polarized: they dislike and distrust those from the opposing
political party more than they did in the past, with damaging consequences for their …

Experiments are essential to the practice of democratic deliberation, which itself is an
experimental remedy to the problem of self-governance. This field, however, is constrained …

Consultative authoritarianism challenges existing conceptions of nondemocratic
governance. Citizen participation channels are designed to improve policymaking and …

In normative political theory, it is widely accepted that democratic decision-making cannot be
reduced to voting alone, but that it requires reasoned and well-informed discussion by those …

Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct
Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative …

Deliberative democrats seek to link political choices more closely to the deliberations of
common citizens, rather than consigning them to speak only in the desiccated language of …