Deliberation Day
- ISBN-10
- 0300109644
- ISBN-13
- 9780300109641
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Bruce A. Ackerman, James S. Fishkin
Description
Annotation In an audacious proposal to energize the electoral process, two leading political thinkers challenge Americans to revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life.
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