См. основные определения в: Gutmann, Amy and Thompson, Dennis. Democracy and Disagreement. Why Moral Conflict Cannot Be Avoided in Politics, and What Should Be Done About It, Cambridge (Ma.), London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1996, pp. 1–5, 12–18; более подробно см.: Bohman, James and Rehg, William (eds.) Deliberative Democracy. Essays on Reason and Politics, Cambridge (Ma.), London, The MIT Press, 1997.
