The effects of deliberative polling in an EU-wide experiment: Five mechanisms in search of an explanation

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 617-640

  Sanders, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861848892     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123411000494     Document Type: Article

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2. See James S. Fishkin, The Voice of the People (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1997);
3. James S. Fishkin and Robert C. Luskin, 'Bringing Deliberation to Democratic Dialogue', in Maxwell McCombs and Amy Reynolds, eds, A Poll with a Human Face (Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999), pp. 3-38;
4. James S. Fishkin and Robert C. Luskin, 'Broadcasts of Deliberative Polls: Aspirations and Effects', British Journal of Political Science, 36 (2006), 184-8. (Pubitemid 41795377)
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43. see http://cdd.stanford.edu/polls/eu/ Tomorrow's Europe: the first EU wide Deliberative Poll).
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45. Fishkin and Luskin, 'Broadcasts of Deliberative Polls';
46. Luskin, Fishkin and Jowell, 'Considered Opinions'.