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Anticipating Transnational Publics

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This article evaluates mini-publics as a potential means of realizing deliberative democratic values in transnational contexts. A mini-public is a group of citizens that is chosen by random or near-random selection to debate matters of public concern in a suitably structured deliberative environment. The argument of the article is that mini-publics can be an important deliberative resource, but only as supplements to rather than replacements for alternative means of reforming transnational institutions. These forums can be used to prefigure transnational publics, but entrenched institutional assumptions about the delineation and definition of these publics must be subject to critical scrutiny by other elements of a transnational deliberative system. This argument is developed through a critical engagement with the literature on mini-publics, an analysis of a prominent example of a transnational mini-public, and a defense of the role of civil society as a resource for counteracting the shortcomings of mini-publics.

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  • William Smith, 2013. "Anticipating Transnational Publics," Politics & Society, , vol. 41(3), pages 461-484, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:41:y:2013:i:3:p:461-484
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329213493748
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