Why and How Narrative Matters in Deliberative Systems

Political Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 620-636

  Boswell, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Deliberative system; Discourse; Narrative; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883054299     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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