## Metadata - Author: [[Hélène Landemore]] - Full Title: Open Democracy - Category: #books ## Highlights - This book deliberately anchors the definition of democracy in “deliberative democracy,” the theory of political legitimacy according to which laws and policies are legitimate only to the extent that they are the result of a deliberation among free and equals ([Location 476](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0876H66RY&location=476)) - Deliberative democracy is a relatively recent paradigm in democratic theory that can help us usefully specify the ideal of popular sovereignty by making it clear that final say, in the moment of a vote, is not enough to render a decision legitimate. For deliberative democrats, legitimacy also requires the possibility for citizens to speak and be heard in the process leading up to a vote. ([Location 479](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0876H66RY&location=479))