Deliberation, Single-Peakedness, and the Possibility of Meaningful Democracy: Evidence from Deliberative Polls

List, Christian; Luskin, Robert C.; Fishkin, James S.; McLean, Iain

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“…A more sequential analysis of the comments would show how users influence each other's thinking and how certain themes become more prominent in the debate, considering the interactional processes of deliberation, and the ways in which deliberation brings about a change in perspective. Researchers have looked at the effects of deliberation through Deliberative Polls for example, where there are mitigating factors such as the salience of the topic and the potential for individual learning (List, Luskin, Fishkin, & McLean, 2006). Examining the content of the article and the discussion thread would offer some insight into the relationship between the journalist/media and their readership.…”

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Examining User Comments for Deliberative Democracy: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Climate Change Debate Online

Collins¹,

Nerlich

2014

Environmental Communication

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The public perception of climate change is characterized by heterogeneity, even polarization. Deliberative discussion is regarded by some as key to overcoming polarization and engaging various publics with the complex issue of climate change. In this context, online engagement with news stories is seen as a space for a new "deliberative democratic potential" to emerge. This article examines aspects of deliberation in user comment threads in response to articles on climate change taken from the Guardian. "Deliberation" is understood through the concepts "reciprocity", "topicality", and "argumentation". We demonstrate how corpus analysis can be used to examine the ways in which online debates around climate change may create or deny opportunities for multiple voices and deliberation. Results show that whilst some aspects of online discourse discourage alternative viewpoints and demonstrate "incivility", user comments also show potential for engaging in dialog, and for high levels of interaction.

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Examining User Comments for Deliberative Democracy: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Climate Change Debate Online

Collins¹,

Nerlich

2014

Environmental Communication

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“…List, Luskin, Fishkin and McLean(2006) …nd evidence for the e¤ect of deliberation on preferences. They use data from deliberative polls, and measure individuals' preferences before and after the deliberation.…”

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Is Deliberation Equitable? Evidence From Transcripts Of Village Meetings In South India

Ban¹,

Rao²

2009

Policy Research Working Papers

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Deliberative decision-making processes are becoming increasingly important around the world to make important decisions about public and private goods allocation, but there is very little empirical evidence about how they actually work. In this paper the authors use data from India extracted from 131 transcripts of village meetings matched with data from household surveys conducted in the same villages prior to the meetings, to study whose preferences are reflected in the meetings. The meetings are constitutionally empowered to make decisions about public and private goods. The findings show that the more land a person owns, the This paper-a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the department to understand local government and citizen-based engagement in developing countries. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://econ.worldbank.org. The author may be contacted at vrao@worldbank.org.higher the likelihood her preference is mentioned in the meeting, the longer the amount of time spent discussing this preference, and the higher the likelihood that a decision to provide or repair this public or private good is taken. At the same time, the voices of disadvantaged castes, while not dominating the meeting, are also heard. By contrast, the preferences of Muslims are given less time. High village literacy and the presence of higher level officials during village meetings mitigate the power of the landed, but political reservations for low castes for the post of village president increase the power of the landed.

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“…Preference evolution is analyzed, e.g., by Dekel et al (2007). For discussions of preference change in group deliberation, see Dryzek and List (2003) and List, Luskin, Fishkin andMcLean (2000/2006).to this existing body of research, though we hope that the present combination of decision-theoretic and philosophical ideas will provide a useful, and at least somewhat thought-provoking, basis for further work. Our intended contribution is conceptual rather than technical, and we keep the formalism to a minimum.…”

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Where do preferences come from?

Dietrich

List

2012

Int J Game Theory

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Rational choice theory analyzes how an agent can rationally act, given his or her preferences, but says little about where those preferences come from. Preferences are usually assumed to be …xed and exogenously given. Building on related work on reasons and rational choice (Dietrich and List forthcoming), we describe a framework for conceptualizing preference formation and preference change. In our model, an agent's preferences are based on certain 'motivationally salient'properties of the alternatives over which the preferences are held. Preferences may change as new properties of the alternatives become salient or previously salient properties cease to be salient. Our approach captures endogenous preferences in various contexts and helps to illuminate the distinction between formal and substantive concepts of rationality, as well as the role of perception in rational choice.

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Deliberation, Single-Peakedness, and the Possibility of Meaningful Democracy: Evidence from Deliberative Polls

Cited by 64 publications

References 33 publications

Examining User Comments for Deliberative Democracy: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Climate Change Debate Online

Examining User Comments for Deliberative Democracy: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Climate Change Debate Online

Is Deliberation Equitable? Evidence From Transcripts Of Village Meetings In South India

Where do preferences come from?

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