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Research Project

The Theory and Practice of Deliberative Democracy

John Dryzek and Bob Goodin

This project links the theory of deliberative democracy to institutional innovation, to benefit both, through comparative case analyses of democratic innovations in different countries. It is hypothesized that particular kinds of institutional innovation (such as consensus conferences, stakeholder dialogues) will work out quite differently in different political contexts. The results of the comparative case analyses will be used to reflect back upon, and reformulate, deliberative democratic theory. Cases studied include consensus conferences on genetically modified food in Denmark, France, and USA.