Deliberation and Decision explores ways of bridging the gap between two rival approaches to theorizing about democratic institutions: constitutional economics and deliberative democracy. The two approaches offer very different accounts of the functioning and legitimacy of democratic institutions. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the recent debate between the two approaches and makes new and original contributions to that debate.

List of Contributors

viii

Preface

xii

Introduction

xiii

PART I: DELIBERATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY

1 Deliberative Institutional Economics, or Does Homo Oeconomicus Argue? A Proposal for Combining New Institutional Economics with Discourse Theory

Anne van Aaken

3

(30)

Deliberative Institutional Economics: Mind the Gap! Comment on Anne van Aaken

Michael Wohlgemuth

33

(9)

What Do We Learn by Asking Whether Homo Oeconomicus Argues? Comment on Anne van Aaken

Matthias Meyer

42

(5)

2 Constitutionalism and its Alternatives

John S. Dryzek

47

(13)

Democracy, Discourse and Constitutional Economics: Comment on John S. Dryzek

Viktor J. Vanberg

60

(12)

Deliberation as a Discursive Feature of Contemporary Theories of Democracy: Comment on John S. Dryzek

Axel Tschentscher

72

(9)

3 Constitutional Economics in Constitutional Jurisprudence

Axel Tschentscher

81

(10)

PART II: DELIBERATION AND SOCIAL CHOICE

4 A Dilemma for Deliberative Democrats

Philip Pettit

91

(17)

Collective Rationality: A Dilemma for Democrats with a Solution through Deliberation? Comment on Philip Pettit

Natalie Gold

108

(5)

Deliberative Constitutional Economics? Comment on Philip Pettit

Christoph Luetge

113

(6)

5 Substantive and Meta-Agreement

Christian List

119

(16)

Economics and the Political Discourse: Comment on Christian List

Rudiger Waldkirch

135

(4)

The Importance of Information - Remarks on the Constitutional Economics of Deliberative Theory: Comment on Christian List

Detlef Aufderheide

139

(4)

6 Democracy and Argument: Tracking Truth in Complex Social Decisions

Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz

143

(15)

Deliberative Democracy and Collective Truth-Tracking: Comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz

Thomas Schmidt

158

(5)

Where Can the Insights from the Condorcet Jury Theorem Be Applied? Comment on Luc Bovens and Wlodek Rabinowicz

Alois Stutzer

163

(6)

PART III: DELIBERATION AND SOCIAL ORDER

7 What is Meant by Consent?

Andreas Suchanek

169

(12)

On the Normative Notion of Consent: Comment on Andreas Suchanek

Martin Rechenauer

181

(6)

The Morality and Heuristics of Consent: Comment on Andreas Suchanek

Jurgen De Wispelaere

187

(12)

8 The Consequences of Popular Participation in Constitutional Choice - Towards a Comparative Analysis

Stefan Voigt

199

(31)

Is There a Need for a Positive Constitutional Economics? Comment on Stefan Voigt

Michaela Haase

230

(7)

Constitutional Culture and Comparative Analysis: Comment on Stefan Voigt

Horst Hegmann

237

9 Bargaining over Beliefs

Robert E. Goodin and Geoffrey Brennan

241

(20)

Final Remarks: Deliberation and Decision - Perspectives and Limitations Christian Kirchner

261

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