Qualitative Assessment of Deliberation

Author(s):  
Mark Bevir ◽  
Quinlan Bowman

This chapter discusses three qualitative approaches to the assessment of deliberative participation: speech analysis, ethnography, and comparative case studies. In discussing these approaches, it considers exemplars of “problem-driven” research. With respect to research on deliberative democracy, problem-driven research may be characterized as research that is inspired by, and that seeks to contribute to the resolution of, substantive problems associated with the political project of deliberative democracy. The chapter illustrates what problem-driven research looks like by considering three qualitative exemplars of it: one involving speech analysis, another involving ethnography, and a third involving comparative case studies. Each exemplar is concerned with when and how citizens deliberate. Empirical evidence is primarily drawn from the United States of America, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
John A. Cook

This article explores the ethics of large complex systems in the United States of America in three major case studies: the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the political/governmental institutions. Using the simple Aristotelian heuristic of good sense, good character and good will, the conclusion is that ethics is not a high priority due in large part to the relentless pursuit of large sums of money at any cost.


1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Philp ◽  
Carol J. Minugh ◽  
Glenn T. Morris ◽  
Rudolph C. Ryser

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