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Deliberative Democracy
Theories of Knowledge, Psychology, Deliberation and Goverment
By Tal Yaron
 This site was written by a non-English speaking writer. Any help in improving the readbility will be much appreciated.Tal Yaron 02:19, 30 December 2012 (IST) |
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Goals of this Wiki
This wiki is designed to be the base for a coherent set of theories for understanding and developing deliberative Democracy. It will be home for different aspects of deliberative society, ranging from epistemology, individual psychology, education, individual growth, and to the understanding of groups dynamics, decision making, deliberation, Goverment and international relationships.
It will be based on scientific research, evidential exprience and epistemology.
What is Deliberation?
Deliberation is a process of thoughtfully weighing options before making a decision, within the context of a group.
Why Using Deliberation?
The last several decades have seen growing agreement among political theorists and empirical political scientists that the legitimacy of a democracy depends in part on the quality of deliberation that informs citizens and their representatives[1]. By improving deliberation process we improve democracy, and let more players participate in an efficient and more representing political decision making.
Deliberation is a method of thinking on problems together, and finding solutions that will be optimal for the participents in the process. Deliberation is a very old practice, used by groups of governing bodies, to settle contradicting needs and desires, and to achieve a peaceful way to advance togther.
A Little Bit More About Deliberation
Humans tend to join into coalitions, and coordinate among themselves. Every gathering of people, is also a gathering of different wishes and needs, and some time these needs and wishes are in contradiction to one another. There are many ways to overcome these contradictions. wise leadership, is a leadership that knows how to bring all these wills into coordinate operation. But as the group grows, and the sorunding becoming more demanding, the coordination of the group become more and more difficult. Through history, many methods were developed, to drives group. Some times the main power that held groups together, was share power of the leadership, some times it was a shared narratives or ethos. But as democracy grow, the need for less power and more legitimate solutions was felt. In this area of time, when the internet ripe apart "narratives" and people are creating large groups, without the elites presiding over the adhesion making process, a true and effective for gathering the contradicting wills to a cooperative movement which will enables nations and states, find solution that will benefits the multitude. Deliberation is one of these methods, based on mutual understanding and decision making, through discussions with multitude of participants.
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References
- ↑ Parkinson, J., & Mansbridge, J. (Eds.). (2012). Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale (p. 204). Cambridge University Press. p. 1