Deliberative democracy  

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Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. It adopts elements of both consensus decision-making and majority rule. Deliberative democracy differs from traditional democratic theory in that authentic deliberation, not mere voting, is the primary source of legitimacy for the law.

Deliberative democracy is compatible with both representative democracy and direct democracy. Some practitioners and theorists use the term to encompass representative bodies whose members authentically deliberate on legislation without unequal distributions of power, while others use the term exclusively to refer to decision-making directly by lay citizens, as in direct democracy.

The term "deliberative democracy" was originally coined by Joseph M. Bessette in his 1980 work Deliberative Democracy: The Majority Principle in Republican Government.

See also

• AmericaSpeaks
• Anticipatory exclusion
• Citizen oversight
• Collaborative e-democracy
• Deliberation
• Deliberative assembly
• Deliberative opinion poll
• Deliberative referendum
• Democracy
  • Agonistic democracy
  • Consensus democracy
  • Demarchy
  • Direct democracy
  • Liquid (or delegative) democracy
  • Participatory democracy
  • Representative democracy
• Group decision making
  • Consensus decision-making
  • Majority rule
• Meritocracy
• Online deliberation
• Open source governance
• The People's Parliament
• Policy jury
• Public reason
• Public sphere
• Ralph Nader's Concord Principles