Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Research on Deliberative Democracy; S.W.Rosenberg PART I: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION Who Deliberates? Discursive Participation in America; F.L.Cook, M.D.Carpini & L.Jacobs The Democratic Potential of Civic Dialogue; K.C.Walsh Deliberation and Agreement; C.List Deliberation in Legislatures; A.Bachtiger, M.Sporndli, M.Steenbergen & J.Steiner How People Deliberate about Justice; T.Mendelberg & C.Karpowitz Types of Discourse and the Democracy of Deliberation; S.W.Rosenberg Minipublics: Deliberative Designs and their Consequences; A.Fung Deliberation with a Purpose: Reconnecting Communities and Schools; S.Weatherford & L.McDonnell PART II: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Deliberative Democracy; J.Cohen Theory, Evidence and the Tasks of Deliberation; J.Dryzek Deliberative Democracy or Democratic Deliberation; J.Mansbridge Institutionalizing Deliberative Democracy; M.Warren