What is a "Democratic Experiment"?
This paper examines a key concept of democratic experimentalism, asking what is a "democratic experiment"? Starting with Donald Campbell's argument in favor of an experimenting society, I critically examine whether randomized controlled experiments should be the gold standard for democratic experime...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Pragmatism Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 159 - 181 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Dec2012
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