Book is to be published on public deliberation as a part of democratic politics

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From: A message from David Mathews
The following is a reflection by David Mathews, president of the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio.

• Deliberation is a term for the collective decision making that has always been integral to politics. Deliberative decision making is not a special or separate technique but rather a component of collective action, which nearly always involves coming to terms with disagreement and conflict. Similarly, public deliberation is an integral part of democratic politics.
• In the near future, the Kettering Foundation Press will publish a new book, Democratizing Deliberation: A Political Theory Anthology, on the nature of deliberation and its role in politics. Derek Barker, Noëlle McAfee, and David McIvor are coeditors.

This National Issues Forum post was published in July, 2011.  As of today, Democratizing Deliberation doesn't appear to be on the market, yet.