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Session One: Introduction (Class Meets 8/29)

Session Two: What is Good Deliberation? (Class Meets 9/5)

Session Three: Historic Perspectives on Deliberation and Democracy (Class Meets 9/12)

Session Four: Deliberation and Political Writing (Class Meets 9/19)

Session Five: Deliberation and Reasoning–Ideals and Frameworks (Class Meets 9/23–Tuesday)

Session Six: Deliberation and Reasoning–Problems and Pitfalls (Class Meets 10/10)

Session Seven: Deliberation and Procedural Rationality (Class Meets 10/17)

Session Eight: Deliberation at Public Meetings (Class Meets 10/24)

Session Nine: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 10/31)

Session Ten: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 11/7)

Session Eleven: Deliberation  in Organizations (Class Meets 11/14)

Session Twelve: Deliberation and the Mass Media (Tasks Due Online by 11/21, Class Does Not Meet)

Session Thirteen: Deliberation and Framing (Class Meets 12/5)

Session Fourteen: Deliberation and the Internet (Class Meets 12/12)