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Session One: Introduction (Class Meets 8/27)

Session Two: What is Good Deliberation? (Class Meets 9/3)

Session Three: Historic Perspectives on Deliberation and Democracy (Class Meets 9/17)

Session Four: Deliberation and Political Writing (Class Meets 9/24)

Session Five: Deliberation and Reasoning–Ideals and Frameworks (Class Meets 10/1)

Session Six: Deliberation and Reasoning–Problems and Pitfalls (Class Meets 10/8)

Session Seven: Deliberation and Procedural Rationality (Class Meets 10/15)

Session Eight: Deliberation at Public Meetings (Class Meets 10/22)

Session Nine: Deliberation in Organizations (Class Meets 10/29)

Session Ten: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 11/5)

Session Eleven: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 11/12)

Session Twelve: Deliberation and the Mass Media (Tasks Due Online by 11/19)

Session Thirteen: Deliberation and Framing (Class Meets 12/3)

Session Fourteen: Deliberation and the Internet (Class Meets 12/10)