Robert Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Social & Political Theory and Philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University, having previously taught in the Government Department at the University of Essex. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, founding editor of The Journal of Political Philosophy and general editor of the ten-volume series of the Oxford Handbooks of Political Science. His work straddles democratic theory (e.g. Reflective Democracy, OUP 2003), empirical welfare-state studies (e.g., The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, CUP 1999; Discretionary Time, CUP 2008) and theoretical reflections on public policy (e.g., Social Welfare as an Individual Responsibility, CUP 1998; What's Wrong with Terrorism? Polity 2006).

• 1: Introduction


• Micro-deliberation


• 2: Making Use of Mini-publics


• 3: When Does Deliberation Begin?


• 4: Talking Politics: Perils and Promises


• 5: How Talk Informs


• 6: First Talk, Then Vote


• Macro-democracy


• 7: Who Counts?


• 8: Modes of Democratic Accountability


• 9: Sequencing Deliberative Moments


• 10: The Place of Parties


• 11: Democratic Mandates


• 12: Representing Diversity


• 13: Conclusion

Revisioning macro-democratic processes in light of the processes and promise of micro-deliberation, Innovating Democracy provides an integrated perspective on democratic theory and practice after the deliberative turn.