André Bächtiger holds the Chair of Political Theory at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart since 2015. His research focuses on the challenges of mapping and measuring deliberation and political communication as well as understanding the preconditions and outcomes of high-quality deliberation in the contexts of both representative institutions and mini-publics. His research has been published by Cambridge University Press and in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Political Philosophy, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, European Political Science Review, Political Studies, and Acta Politica.John S. Dryzek is Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. He is a former head of the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Oregon and Melbourne, and of the Social and Political Theory Program at Australian National University. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory and The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. His most recent OUP book is Climate-Challenged Society (with Richard Norgaard and David Schlosberg).Jane Mansbridge is Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values. She is the author of Beyond Adversary Democracy, an empirical and normative study of face-to-face democracy, and the award-winning Why We Lost the ERA. She is also editor or coeditor of the volumes Beyond Self-Interest, Feminism, Oppositional Consciousness, Deliberative Systems, and Negotiating Agreement in Politics. Her work has appeared in leading journals such as the American Political Science Review and the Journal of Politics. Her current work includes studies of representation, democratic deliberation, everyday activism, and the public understanding of free-rider problems. Mark E. Warren holds the Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy at the University of British Columbia. He is especially interested in democratic innovations, civil society and democratic governance, and political corruption. Warren is author of Democracy and Association (Princeton University Press, 2001), editor of Democracy and Trust (Cambridge University Press, 1999), and co-editor of Designing Deliberative Democracy: The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Warren's work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and Political Theory. He is currently working with an international team on a project entitled Participedia (www.participedia.net ), which uses a web-based platform to collect data about democratic innovation and participatory governance around the world.

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• Preface 1: Andre Bächtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark Warren: Introduction Part I: Roots of the Deliberative Approach 2: Antonio Floridia: The Origins of the Deliberative Turn 3: Simone Chambers: The Philosophical Origins of Deliberative Ideals 4: Francesca Polletta and Beth Gardner: The Forms of Deliberative Communication 5: Jensen Sass: Deliberative Ideals Across Diverse Cultures 6: Martin Hébert: Indigenous Sphere of Deliberation Part II: Theory of Deliberative Democracy 7: David Estlund and Hélène Landemore: The Epistemic Value of Democratic Deliberation 8: Stephan Rummens: Deliberation and Justice 9: Edana Beauvais: Deliberation and Equality 10: Monique Deveaux: Deliberative Democracy and Multiculturalism 11: Mark Brown: Deliberation and Representation 12: Stephen Elstub: Deliberation and Participatory Democracy 13: Andrew March and Alicia Steinmetz: Religious Reasons in Public Deliberation 14: Gerry Mackie: Deliberation and Voting Entwined 15: Michael Morrell: Listening and Deliberation 16: Michael McKenzie: Deliberation and Long-Term Decisions: Representing Future Generations Part III: Deliberation within Political Systems: Forums, Publics, and Systems 17: Paul Quirk, William Bendix, and Andre Bächtiger: Institutional Deliberation 18: Graham Smith and Maija Setälä: Minipublics and Deliberative Democracy 19: James Fishkin: Deliberative Polling 20: Simon Niemeyer and Julia Jennstal: Scaling Up Deliberative Effects - Applying Lessons of Minipublics 21: Rousiley Maia: Deliberative Media 22: Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Grönlund: Online Deliberation 23: Pamela Johnston Conover and Patrick Miller: Taking Everyday Political Talk Seriously 24: Donatella della Porta and Nicole Doerr: Deliberation in Protests and Social Movements 25: Carolyn Hendriks and John Boswell: Governance Networks 26: John Ferejohn: Deliberation and Citizen Interests 27: John Parkinson: Deliberative Systems 28: Michael Neblo and Avery White: Politics in Translation: Communication Between Sites of the Deliberative System Part IV: Deliberative Approaches within Disciplines and Fields 29: Christian List: Democratic Deliberation and Social Choice: A Review 30: Nicole Curato and Jürg Steiner: Deliberative Democracy and Comparative Democratization Studies 31: John Gastil and Laura Black: Deliberation in Communication Studies 32: Thomas Risse: Arguing and Deliberation in International Relations 33: Christopher Karpowitz and Tali Mendelberg: The Political Psychology of Deliberation 34: Thomas Leeper and Rune Slothuus: Deliberation and Framing 35: Erik Schneiderhan and Shamus Khan: Deliberation in Sociology 36: Frank Fischer and Piyapong Boossabong: Deliberative Policy Analysis 37: John Forester: Deliberative Planning Practices Without Smothering Invention: A Practical Aesthetic View 38: David Ponet and Ethan Leib: Deliberative Law 39: Hoi Kong and Ron Levy: Deliberative Constitutionalism 40: Alfred Moore: Deliberative Democracy and Science Methods 41: André Bächtiger: Preface to Studying Deliberation Empirically 42: David Esterling: Deliberation and Experimental Design 43: Mark Bevir and Quinlan Bowman: Qualitative Assessment of Deliberation Part V: Practical Applications 44: Janette Hartz-Karp, Lyn Carson, and Michael Briand: Deliberative Democracy as a Reform Movement 45: Lawrence Susskind, Jessica Gordon, and Yasmin Zaerpoor: Deliberative Democracy and Public Dispute Resolution 46: Daniel Naurin and Christine Reh: Deliberative Negotiation 47: Ian O'Flynn and Didier Caluwaerts: Deliberation in Deeply Divided Societies 48: Walter Baber and Robert Bartlett: Deliberative Democracy and the Environment 49: Ryan Gunderson and Thomas Dietz: Deliberation and Catastrophic Risks Part VI: Deliberative Democracy Around the World 50: Beibei Tang, Tetsuki Tamura, and Baogang He: Deliberative Democracy in East Asia: Japan and China 51: Ramya Parthasarathy and Vijayendra Rao: Deliberative Democracy in India 52: Emmanuel Ani: Africa and Deliberative Politics 53: Thamy Pogrebinschi: Deliberative Democracy in Latin America 54: Erik Eriksen and John Erik Fossum: Deliberation Constrained: an Increasingly Segmented European Union 55: William Smith: Transnational and Global Deliberation Part VII: Reflections 56: Interview with Jürgen Habermas 57: Robert Goodin: If Deliberation Is Everything, Maybe It's Nothing 58: Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson: Reflections on Deliberative Democracy: When Theory Meets Practice