Preaching to the choir or converting the uninitiated? the integrative potential of in-group deliberations

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-129

  Vasilev, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

conflict transformation; deliberative democracy; divided societies; integration; reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871202586     PISSN: 13698230     EISSN: 17438772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2012.664373     Document Type: Article

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