When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people - but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democracy inspired by Madison or by Madison Avenue? A democracy animated by deliberation or by manipulation? This book examines each of the principal democratic theories and makes the case for a democracy in which the people offer informed judgments about politics or policy. It then goes on to n 7 c Yeats, Eliot, and the Idea of Tradition a Edward Larrissey n 8 c Irish Poetic Modernism: Portrait of the Artist in Exile a Susan Schriebman n 9 c Samuel Beckett: Exile and Experiment a David Wheatley n 10 c Voice and Voiceprints: Joyce and Recent Irish Poetry a Dillon JohnstonPART IV: Mid-Century Irish Poetry n 11 c Patrick Kavanagh's 'Potentialities' a Kit Fryatt n 12 c MacNeice Among His Contemporaries: 1939 and 1941 a Thomas Walker n 13 c The Poetics of Par tition: Poetry and Northern Ireland in the 1940s a Richard Kirkland n 14 c Disturbing Irish Poetry: Kinsella and Clarke 1951-1962 a John McAuliffe n 15 c Memory and Starlight in Late MacNeice a Jonathan AllisonPART V: Poetry and the Arts n 16 c Modern Irish Poetry and the Visual Arts: Yeats to Heaney a Neil Corcoran n 17 c Poetry, Music, and Reproduced Sound a Damien Keane n 18 c 'Private Relations': Selves, Poems, and Paintings Durcan to Morrissey a Rui Carvalh understanding policy issues, and should not be consulted. Others argue that it will increase polarization. Fishkin offers rebuttals for each of these arguments. Combining theory and practice he shows how a more deliberative politics is both practical and compelling.