Titre :

Sociological history of New England Town Meetings: The question of their deliberative culture

Auteur(s) :

Cossart, Paula [Auteur]
Centre de Recherche "Individus Epreuves Sociétés" (CeRIES) - ULR 3589
Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026
Felicetti, Andrea [Auteur]

Titre de la revue :

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

Numéro :

5

Pagination :

p. 242-265

Éditeur :

Taylor & Francis

Date de publication :

2018-07

ISSN :

2325-4815

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Participation
deliberative democracy
deliberative cultures
Town Meeting
New England
democracy

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Historical New England Town Meetings have long had an important role in the collective imaginary as exemplary models of democratic participation. However, scholarly investigation has pointed to important limitations with ...
Lire la suite >Historical New England Town Meetings have long had an important role in the collective imaginary as exemplary models of democratic participation. However, scholarly investigation has pointed to important limitations with respect to the democratic credentials of these assemblies. In this paper, we engage with recent theorising from deliberative democracy to provide an updated historical examination of the deliberative and democratic qualities of Town Meetings from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. We show that Town Meetings provided a space to engage in meaningful deliberation in the context of settlers’ communities. Nonetheless, through analyses using the notions of deliberative culture and group style, we show that these communities featured deep anti-democratic norms that curtailed the democratic potential of these assemblies.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Date de dépôt :

2023-10-12T09:39:20Z
2023-10-19T09:05:39Z