Dryzek, John S. and List, Christian 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-800X
(2003)
Social choice theory and deliberative democracy : a reconciliation.
British Journal of Political Science, 33 (1).
pp. 1-28.
ISSN 0007-1234
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Abstract
The two most influential traditions of contemporary theorizing about democracy, social choice theory and deliberative democracy, are generally thought to be at loggerheads, in that the former demonstrates the impossibility, instability or meaninglessness of the rational collective outcomes sought by the latter. We argue that the two traditions can be reconciled. After expounding the central Arrow and Gibbard-Satterthwaite impossibility results, we reassess their implications, identifying the conditions under which meaningful democratic decision making is possible. We argue that deliberation can promote these conditions, and hence that social choice theory suggests not that democratic decision making is impossible, but rather that democracy must have a deliberative aspect.
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| Divisions: | Government Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/668 |
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