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Use the links below to see exactly what you need to do on a week by week basis:
Session One: Introduction (Class Meets 2/2)
Session Two: What is Good Deliberation? (Class Meets 2/9)
Session Three: Historic Perspectives on Deliberation and Democracy (Class Meets 2/16)
Session Four: Deliberation and Political Writing (Class Meets 2/23)
Session Five: Deliberation and Reasoning–Ideals and Frameworks (Class Meets 2/2 )
Session Six: Deliberation and Reasoning–Problems and Pitfalls (Class Meets 3/9)
Session Seven: Deliberation and Procedural Rationality (Class Meets 3/16)
Session Eight: Deliberation at Public Meetings (Class Meets to Attend Public Affairs Week 3/23)
Session Nine: Deliberation in Organizations (Class Meets 3/30)
Session Ten: Deliberation and Diversity (Class Meets 4/6)
Session Eleven: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 4/27)
Session Twelve: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 5/4)
Session Thirteen: Deliberation and the Mass Media (Class Meets 5/11)
Session Fourteen: Deliberation and the Internet (Class Meets 5/18)