PSC 436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rational Ignorance, Deliberative Democracy

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSC 436
• Professor: Kapfer Patience

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Citizenship elements: public participation, authority of the state, social. Citizen duty vs. engaged citizenship: two different kinds of citizenship, no citizenship, contradictions but different focuses. Deliberative democracy: democratic actions with thought and reasoning: concerned with collective decision-making, must be able to have consequential deliberation. Communication should be non-coercive and capable of inducing reflection a public dialogue where citizens can keep an open mind and see both sides of an issue opinion won"t make a difference need better incentives. Rational ignorance: too costly to become informed when an individual.