Title :

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

Author(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]

Journal title :

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

Volume number :

5

Pages :

p. 242-265

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis

Publication date :

2018-07

ISSN :

2325-4815

English keyword(s) :

Participation
deliberative democracy
deliberative cultures
Town Meeting
New England
democracy

HAL domain(s) :

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

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

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

Submission date :

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