What is Deliberative Democracy & How Can it Serve Society? w/ JAMES S. FISHKIN

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“Deliberative democracy is itself, when properly done, a kind of democracy that can speak to the interests of a community. And we need that all over the world.”

James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. His work focuses on Deliberative Polling, a process of de ... 

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Deliberative Democracy, Democracy, James Fishkin, Political Polarization, Misinformation, Trump, AI, Elon Musk, Disinformation, Civic Engagement, Deliberative Polling, Representative Samples, Consensus, Civic Education, Political Parties, Social Medi