Potential solutions to public deliberation problems: Structured deliberations and polarization cascades

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-648

  Hamlett, Patrick W ^a   Cobb, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL THEORY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845529711     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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