| Political Conflict and Political Preferences: Communicative Interaction Between Facts, Norms and Interests Contributor(s): Landwehr, Claudia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0955820308 ISBN-13: 9780955820304 Publisher: ECPR Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 Annotation: What are the practical effects of deliberation and when can we expect it to be successful? "Political Conflict and Political Preferences" addresses what appears to be a blind spot in theories of deliberative democracy: the conceptual and empirical relationship between communication and political preferences. A model of preference transformation and the distinction between discussion, deliberation, debate, and bargaining as modes of political interaction serve as a framework for the analysis of a fundamental and highly polarizing conflict& mdash;the status and handling of embryonic stem cells. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 320 |
| Series: ECPR Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the effect of deliberation on political actors and when can we expect it to be successful? Are mutual understanding and consensus realistic results of political decision-making processes or is compromise the most we can hope for? This book addresses what appear to be blind spots in theories of deliberative democracy: the conceptual and empirical relationship between communication and political preferences and the institutional preconditions for preference change and co-ordination. It proposes a model of preference transformation through communication and develops a typology of modes of political interaction that distinguishes discussion, deliberation, debate and bargaining. This serves as a framework for the analysis of a fundamental and highly polarising conflict - the German decision over the import of embryonic stem cells. Analysis of communicative interaction in different forums shows how a well justified and widely accepted compromise was achieved in a conflict that had appeared irresolvable in moral terms and irreducible in terms of interest. |
