Deliberative ecologies: a relational critique of deliberative systems
Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça,
Lucas Henrique Nigri Veloso,
Bruno Dias Magalhães
et al.
Abstract:This paper advocates a move beyond the systemic approach in the field of Deliberative Democracy. It argues that the notion of deliberative ecology can deliver the necessary conceptual elements that deliberative democrats seek in deliberative systems without some of the problems they either overlook or embrace. To advocate the advantages of an ecological perspective to deliberation, the article focuses on six axes of comparison: (i) performances of actants (instead of functions of arenas and players); (ii) arti… Show more
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