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42 Pol. Theory 3 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/ptxa42 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Political Theory 2014, Vol. 42(1) 3-25 Deliberative Cultures © 2013 SAGE Publications Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1 177/0090591713507933 ptx.sagepub.com Jensen Sass' and John S. Dryzek2 $SAGE Abstract Increasing interest in applying the theory and practice of deliberative democracy to new and varied political contexts leads us to ask whether or not deliberation is a universal political practice. While deliberation does manifest a universal competence, its character varies substantially across time and space, a variation partially explicable in cultural terms. We deploy an intersubjective conception of culture in order to explore these differences. Culture meets deliberation where publicly accessible meanings, symbols, and norms shape the way political actors engage one another in discourse. Fuller understanding of political deliberation requires comparative and historical studies of particular contexts. We look at one case from Egypt in some depth and provide shorter illustrations from Botswana, Europe, India, Japan, Madagascar, the United States, Yemen, and elsewhere. Cross- cultural learning can enrich the theory of deliberative democracy, and give democratic theory a more universal reach. Keywords deliberative democracy, political culture, intersubjective conception of culture, communicative norms Introduction Deliberative theories of democracy are often taken as beginning in the polis of ancient Athens, subsequently developed by figures from the Western canon such as Aristotle, Burke, Mill, Rawls, and Habermas, finding their current 'Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 2Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Corresponding Author: John S. Dryzek, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: john.dryzek@anu.edu.au

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