Ian O'Flynn is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Newcastle. He is co-editor (with David Russell) of Power Sharing: New Challenges for Divided Societies (Pluto Press, 2005).

This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. -- Professor Albert Weale, University of Essex O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account. -- John McGarry, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account.

• Introduction; Chapter One, Locating the Discussion; Chapter Two, Division, Democracy and Deliberation; Chapter Three, Deliberating National Identities; Chapter Four, The Requirement of Reciprocity; Chapter Five, The Requirement of Publicity; Chapter Six, Dilemmas of Exclusion; Chapter Seven, Civil Society and Political Institutions.

Ian O'Flynn is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Newcastle. He is co-editor (with David Russell) of Power Sharing: New Challenges for Divided Societies (Pluto Press, 2005).

This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. -- Professor Albert Weale, University of Essex O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account. -- John McGarry, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account.

• Introduction; Chapter One, Locating the Discussion; Chapter Two, Division, Democracy and Deliberation; Chapter Three, Deliberating National Identities; Chapter Four, The Requirement of Reciprocity; Chapter Five, The Requirement of Publicity; Chapter Six, Dilemmas of Exclusion; Chapter Seven, Civil Society and Political Institutions.

Ian O'Flynn is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Newcastle. He is co-editor (with David Russell) of Power Sharing: New Challenges for Divided Societies (Pluto Press, 2005).

This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. -- Professor Albert Weale, University of Essex O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account. -- John McGarry, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada This is a lucid discussion of the central values of deliberative democracy that thoughtfully brings those values to bear on the hard cases of divided societies. O'Flynn combines normative political philosophy and empirical comparative politics to ask a crucial question: how can the accommodation of difference be reconciled with the construction of an overarching identity? This is a clearly-written book on a vitally important topic and a surprisingly original account.

• Introduction; Chapter One, Locating the Discussion; Chapter Two, Division, Democracy and Deliberation; Chapter Three, Deliberating National Identities; Chapter Four, The Requirement of Reciprocity; Chapter Five, The Requirement of Publicity; Chapter Six, Dilemmas of Exclusion; Chapter Seven, Civil Society and Political Institutions.