Rhetorical Citizenship And Public Deliberation

Author : Christian Kock,Lisa Villadsen
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271060293

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Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation by Christian Kock,Lisa Villadsen Pdf

Citizenship has long been a central topic among educators, philosophers, and political theorists. Using the phrase “rhetorical citizenship” as a unifying perspective, Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation aims to develop an understanding of citizenship as a discursive phenomenon, arguing that discourse is not prefatory to real action but in many ways constitutive of civic engagement. To accomplish this, the book brings together, in a cross-disciplinary effort, contributions by scholars in fields that rarely intersect. For the most part, discussions of citizenship have focused on aspects that are central to the “liberal” tradition of social thought—that is, questions of the freedoms and rights of citizens and groups. This collection gives voice to a “republican” conception of citizenship. Seeing participation and debate as central to being a citizen, this tradition looks back to the Greek city-states and republican Rome. Citizenship, in this sense of the word, is rhetorical citizenship. Rhetoric is thus at the core of being a citizen. Aside from the editors, the contributors are John Adams, Paula Cossart, Jonas Gabrielsen, Jette Barnholdt Hansen, Kasper Møller Hansen, Sine Nørholm Just, Ildikó Kaposi, William Keith, Bart van Klink, Marie Lund Klujeff, Manfred Kraus, Oliver W. Lembcke, Berit von der Lippe, James McDonald, Niels Møller Nielsen, Tatiana Tatarchevskiy, Italo Testa, Georgia Warnke, Kristian Wedberg, and Stephen West.

Author : James Bohman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262522780

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Public Deliberation by James Bohman Pdf

An understanding of the ways in which public deliberation can be extended to meet the needs of modern societies even in the face of increasing pluralism, inequality, an social complexity.

Author : Christian Kock
Publisher : University of Windsor
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780920233818

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Deliberative Rhetoric by Christian Kock Pdf

Christian Kock’s essays show the essential interconnectedness of practical reasoning, rhetoric and deliberative democracy. They constitute a unique contribution to argumentation theory that draws on – and criticizes – the work of philosophers, rhetoricians, political scientists and other argumentation theorists. It puts rhetoric in the service of modern democracies by drawing attention to the obligations of politicians to articulate arguments and objections that citizens can weigh against each other in their deliberations about possible courses of action.

Author : Arabella Lyon
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271069944

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Deliberative Acts by Arabella Lyon Pdf

The twenty-first century is characterized by the global circulation of cultures, norms, representations, discourses, and human rights claims; the arising conflicts require innovative understandings of decision making. Deliberative Acts develops a new, cogent theory of performative deliberation. Rather than conceiving deliberation within the familiar frameworks of persuasion, identification, or procedural democracy, it privileges speech acts and bodily enactments that constitute deliberation itself, reorienting deliberative theory toward the initiating moment of recognition, a moment in which interlocutors are positioned in relationship to each other and so may begin to construct a new lifeworld. By approaching human rights not as norms or laws, but as deliberative acts, Lyon conceives rights as relationships among people and as ongoing political and historical projects developing communal norms through global and cross-cultural interactions.

Author : Hilde Van Belle,Kris Rutten,Paul Gillaerts,Dorien Van De Mieroop,Baldwin Van Gorp
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270481

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Let's talk politics by Hilde Van Belle,Kris Rutten,Paul Gillaerts,Dorien Van De Mieroop,Baldwin Van Gorp Pdf

In this volume on political argumentation, the study of argument takes place within a rhetorical framework. As such, it is a contribution to the study of argumentation-in-context with an explicit rhetorical approach. Rather than focusing on the poor quality of political participation and political understanding by citizens, this volume explores how the study of rhetoric, both as an academic discipline and as a political practice, stands in a unique position to critically engage with a ‘contextualized’ understanding of politics and civic engagement. Many contributions in this volume confront classical rhetorical concepts and theories with current political developments such as globalization and multiculturalism and the emergence of new democracies. Others focus explicitly on deliberative rhetoric in the political realm, or undertake a critical analysis of political texts and public events in order to explore what this can imply for the development of a ‘critical’ citizenship.

Author : Christian Kock,Lisa Villadsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400601921

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Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship by Christian Kock,Lisa Villadsen Pdf

Author : Lyn Carson,John Gastil,Janette Hartz-Karp,Ron Lubensky
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271069074

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The Australian Citizens’ Parliament and the Future of Deliberative Democracy by Lyn Carson,John Gastil,Janette Hartz-Karp,Ron Lubensky Pdf

Growing numbers of scholars, practitioners, politicians, and citizens recognize the value of deliberative civic engagement processes that enable citizens and governments to come together in public spaces and engage in constructive dialogue, informed discussion, and decisive deliberation. This book seeks to fill a gap in empirical studies in deliberative democracy by studying the assembly of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament (ACP), which took place in Canberra on February 6–8, 2009. The ACP addressed the question “How can the Australian political system be strengthened to serve us better?” The ACP’s Canberra assembly is the first large-scale, face-to-face deliberative project to be completely audio-recorded and transcribed, enabling an unprecedented level of qualitative and quantitative assessment of participants’ actual spoken discourse. Each chapter reports on different research questions for different purposes to benefit different audiences. Combined, they exhibit how diverse modes of research focused on a single event can enhance both theoretical and practical knowledge about deliberative democracy.

Author : Maurizio d'Entreves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351522878

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Democracy as Public Deliberation by Maurizio d'Entreves Pdf

One of the most remarkable developments in the last twenty years has been the revival of the idea of deliberative democracy. Set against aggregative models of democracy derived from economics, such as the theory of rational choice, the idea of deliberative democracy, or decision-making based on public deliberations among free and equal citizens, represents a highly significant development in democratic theory. Exploring this development, this book provides a fresh and original perspective on a theme at the center of current debates in democratic theory and practice. The essays collected in this volume offer a series of powerful arguments in support of the view that fair and equal treatment of groups is best defended on the basis of a theory of public deliberation. Such a theory has both a normative and institutional dimension. It provides a framework for the normative justification of state policies toward socially or culturally disadvantaged groups, and suggests several institutional mechanisms, such as deliberative forums and citizen's juries, where the voices of disadvantaged groups can be articulated under fair conditions and become effective in shaping' public policy. Democracy as Public Deliberation reminds us that the issue of democracy is not simply one of top-down management and control, but bottom-up considerations that are often located in ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. The great virtue of this volume is to identify statist systems that claim to be democratic, but only in terms of the dominant culture. Democracy as Public Deliberation indicates that democracy often comes in small packages--and in that very fact, it tests the actual ambitions and standards of the macro-state. This is an especially powerful volume for those interested in the strengths and weaknesses of third world structures.

Author : Carolyn M. Hendriks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230347564

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The Politics of Public Deliberation by Carolyn M. Hendriks Pdf

This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics.

Author : William Keith,Robert Danisch
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271088594

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Beyond Civility by William Keith,Robert Danisch Pdf

From the pundits to the polls, nearly everyone seems to agree that US politics have rarely been more fractious, and calls for a return to “civil discourse” abound. Yet it is also true that the requirements of polite discourse effectively silence those who are not in power, gaming the system against the disenfranchised. What, then, should a democracy do? This book makes a case for understanding civility in a different light. Examining the history of the concept and its basis in communication and political theory, William Keith and Robert Danisch present a clear, robust analysis of civil discourse. Distinguishing it from politeness, they claim that civil argument must be redirected from the goal of political comity to that of building and maintaining relationships of minimal respect in the public sphere. They also take into account how civility enables discrimination, indicating conditions under which uncivil resistance is called for. When viewed as a communication practice for uniting people with differences and making them more equal, civility is transformed from a preferable way of speaking into an essential component of democratic life. Guarding against uncritical endorsement of civility as well as skepticism, Keith and Danisch show with rigor, nuance, and care that the practice of civil communication is both paradoxical and sorely needed. Beyond Civility is necessary reading for our times.

Author : Christian Kock,Lisa S. Villadsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 9087282168

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Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship by Christian Kock,Lisa S. Villadsen Pdf

Building on the ancient idea that communication enables civilization, this book introduces the concept of rhetorical citizenship as a way to explore rhetoric s place in society. Christian Kock and Lisa Villadsen bring together contributions from various fields to highlight the discursive aspects of civic life. The volume emphasizes the language-oriented rhetorical notion of citizenship and shifts us away from formal, legal-oriented, state-centric definitions. It makes a strong case for why attention to rhetoric is useful in understanding and addressing contemporary public controversies. G. Thomas Goodnight, University of Southern California "

Author : Oyvind Ihlen,Robert L. Heath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119265733

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The Handbook of Organizational Rhetoric and Communication by Oyvind Ihlen,Robert L. Heath Pdf

A one-stop source for scholars and advanced students who want to get the latest and best overview and discussion of how organizations use rhetoric While the disciplinary study of rhetoric is alive and well, there has been curiously little specific interest in the rhetoric of organizations. This book seeks to remedy that omission. It presents a research collection created by the insights of leading scholars on rhetoric and organizations while discussing state-of-the-art insights from disciplines that have and will continue to use rhetoric. Beginning with an introduction to the topic, The Handbook of Organizational Rhetoric and Communication offers coverage of the foundations and macro-contexts of rhetoric—as well as its use in organizational communication, public relations, marketing, management and organization theory. It then looks at intellectual and moral foundations without which rhetoric could not have occurred, discussing key concepts in rhetorical theory. The book then goes on to analyze the processes of rhetoric and the challenges and strategies involved. A section is also devoted to discussing rhetorical areas or genres—namely contextual application of rhetoric and the challenges that arise, such as strategic issues for management and corporate social responsibility. The final part seeks to answer questions about the book’s contribution to the understanding of organizational rhetoric. It also examines what perspectives are lacking, and what the future might hold for the study of organizational rhetoric. Examines the advantages and perils of organizations that seek to project their voices in order to shape society to their benefits Contains chapters working in the tradition of rhetorical criticism that ask whether organizations’ rhetorical strategies have fulfilled their organizational and societal value Discusses the importance of obvious, traditional, nuanced, and critically valued strategies such as rhetorical interaction in ways that benefit discourse Explores the potential, risks, paradoxes, and requirements of engagement Reflects the views of a team of scholars from across the globe Features contributions from organization-centered fields such as organizational communication, public relations, marketing, management, and organization theory The Handbook of Organizational Rhetoric and Communication will be an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars studying organizational communications, public relations, management, and rhetoric.

Author : Larry Patriquin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785523434

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Permanent Citizens’ Assemblies by Larry Patriquin Pdf

For a growing number of people, democracy has become synonymous with broken promises and abandoned commitments. Governments everywhere are not listening to their citizens’ concerns on matters of fundamental importance. As a result, ordinary men and women of all political persuasions are demanding transformations, not just to government policies, but to the methods of governance themselves. They realize that in the periods between general elections, they have great difficulty having their voices heard, because they have no formal role in constructing political agendas. This book focuses on one way to address this problem, by establishing a continual dialogue between individuals and their governments, hence forcing politicians to constantly pay attention to “the people.” Larry Patriquin argues for the creation of permanent citizens’ assemblies, which would be charged with examining issues of public concern and giving advice to governments. For those troubled by our current democratic impasse, Permanent Citizens’ Assemblies: A New Model for Public Deliberation will give hope that practical reforms are possible and that new institutions can become effective components of governance in nations across the globe.

Author : Selen A. Ercan,Hans Asenbaum,Nicole Curato,Ricardo F. Mendonça
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780192848925

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Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy by Selen A. Ercan,Hans Asenbaum,Nicole Curato,Ricardo F. Mendonça Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.Deliberative democracy is a diverse and rapidly growing field of research. But how can deliberative democracy be studied? Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy provides a unique collection of over 30 methods to study deliberative democracy. Written in an accessible style, it provides guidancefor scholars and students on how to conduct rigorous and creative research on the public sphere, structured forums, and political institutions. Each chapter introduces a particular method, elaborates its utility in deliberative democracy research, and provides guidance on its application, as well asillustrations from previous studies. This book celebrates the methodological pluralism in the field, and hopes to inspire scholars to undertake methodologically robust, intellectually creative, and politically relevant empirical research.

Author : Lawrence R. Jacobs,Fay Lomax Cook,Michael X. Delli Carpini
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226389899

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Talking Together by Lawrence R. Jacobs,Fay Lomax Cook,Michael X. Delli Carpini Pdf

Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, Talking Together paints the most comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America’s future. The authors’ original and extensive research reveals how, when, and why citizens talk to each other about the issues of the day. They find that—in settings ranging from one-on-one conversations to e-mail exchanges to larger and more formal gatherings—a surprising two-thirds of Americans regularly participate in public discussions about such pressing issues as the Iraq War, economic development, and race relations. Pinpointing the real benefits of public discourse while considering arguments that question its importance, Talking Together presents an authoritative and clear-eyed assessment of deliberation’s function in American governance. In the process, it offers concrete recommendations for increasing the power of talk to foster political action.