Deliberative Politics in Action: Analyzing Parliamentary Discourse

Stressing the role of conversation, argument and negotiation in politics, particularly in democratic government, this book offers an empirical study of deliberative politics. Using the parliamentary debates in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States as an empirical base, the authors measure the level of deliberation by constructing a discourse quality index, characterized by a high inter-coder reliability.

Author: Jürg Steiner,André Bächtiger,Markus Spörndli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/13/2005
Pages: 199
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.38w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780521535649

About the Author
Steiner, Jürg: - Jürg Steiner is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of Bern. He is also Swiss Chair at the European University Institute in Florence.Bächtiger, André: - André Bächtiger is Swiss Chair Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.Spörndli, Markus: - Markus Spörndli is at the University of Bern, Switzerland.