The epistemic conception of deliberative democracy defended reasons, rightness and equal political autonomy

Deliberative Democracy and its Discontents

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 27-56

  Martí, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315258249-13     Document Type: Chapter

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