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    Collective Identity and Voice at the Australian Citizens' Parliament

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    Authors
    Felicetti, A.
    Gastil, J.
    Hartz-Karp, Janette
    Carson, L.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Felicetti, Andrea and Gastil, John and Hartz-Karp, Janette and Carson, Lyn. 2012. Collective Identity and Voice at the Australian Citizens' Parliament. Journal of Public Deliberation. 8 (1): Aricle ID 5.
    Source Title
    Journal of Public Deliberation
    Additional URLs
    http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol8/iss1/art5/
    ISSN
    1937-2841
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    Published by Public Deliberation

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19275
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper examines the role of collective identity and collective voice in political life. We argue that persons have an underlying predisposition to use collective dimensions, such as common identities and a public voice, in thinking and expressing themselves politically. This collective orientation, however, can be either fostered or weakened by citizens’ political experiences. Although the collective level is an important dimension in contemporary politics, conventional democratic practices do not foster it. Deliberative democracy is suggested as an environment that might allow more ground for citizens to express themselves not only in individual but also in collective terms. We examine this theoretical perspective through a case study of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament, in which transcripts are analyzed to determine the extent to which collective identities and common voice surfaced in actual discourse. We analyze the dynamics involved in the advent of collective dimensions in the deliberative process and highlight the factors—deliberation, nature of the discussion, and exceptional opportunity—that potentially facilitated the rise of group identities and common voice. In spite of the strong individualistic character of the Australian cultural identity, we nonetheless found evidence of collective identity and voice at the Citizens’ Parliament, expressed in terms of national, state, and community levels. In the conclusion, we discuss the implications of those findings for future research and practice of public deliberation.

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