Ober considers that it is 'reductive' to define democracy as 'the power of the people (…) to decide matters by majority rule' since it makes democracy 'vulnerable to well-known social choice dilemmas, including Downs' rational ignorance and Arrow's impos- sibility theorem' (Ober 2008b, 3...
Alan Irwin (2006) uses the idea “public talk” to define talk about and by the public. Public talk involves the flexible construction of “the public” under terminology that can take the form of consultations, dialogue and engagement. Within science communication and STS communities, attempts h...
Congleton Informational limits to democratic public policy: The jury theorem, yardstick competition, and ignorance, Public Choice 132, no.3-43-4 (Mar 2007): 333–352.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-007-9155-zMartin van Hees The limits of epistemic democracy, Social Choice and Welfare 28, ...
Ober considers that it is 'reductive' to define democracy as 'the power of the people (…) to decide matters by majority rule' since it makes democracy 'vulnerable to well-known social choice dilemmas, including Downs' rational ignorance and Arrow's impos- sibility theorem' (Ober 2008b, 3...