Can Public Policy Dispute Resolution Meet the Challenges Set by Deliberative Democracy?

TitleCan Public Policy Dispute Resolution Meet the Challenges Set by Deliberative Democracy?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsSusskind, L
JournalDispute Resolution Magazine
Volume12
Issue2
Pagination5-6
Abstract

Public policy dispute resolution (PPDR) practitioners are a special lot. Unlike dispute resolution specialists who get involved in disputes between private parties, PPDR practitioners work on the most politically charged issues of the day... Many political philosophers... advocate something called deliberative democracy that gives new meaning to PPDR practitioners, for it suggests that what they are doing is nothing less than deepening and broadening our commitment to the fundamental tenets of democracy itself.

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