Dryzek, JohnNiemeyer, Simon2010-08-232010-12-202010-08-232010-12-20American Political Science Review 102.4 (2008): 481-4930003-05541537-5943http://hdl.handle.net/10440/1067http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/1067Democracy can entail the representation of discourses as well as persons or groups. We explain and advocate discursive representation; explore its justifications, advantages, and problems; and show how it can be accomplished in practice. This practice can involve the selection of discursive representatives to a formal Chamber of Discourses and more informal processes grounded in the broader public sphere. Discursive representation supports many aspects of deliberative democracy and is especially applicable to settings such as the international system lacking a well-defined demos.13 pageshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) … [and] can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … on institutional repository. ... Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged. Must link to publisher version. ...Publishers version/PDF may be used in an institutional repository ... after 12 month embargo" - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 28/05/10) © 2008 © American Political Science Association200810.1017/S00030554080803252015-12-08