Timothy J Shaffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy J Shaffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Shaffer |
| SIGNATURE | SHAFFER T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7038-3727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Democracy’s challenge calls for communication’s response
Democracy is in trouble. We have been reminded of its fragility. The rise of antidemocratic sentiment and actions highlight the extent to which autocratization endangers the lives of citizens, now
Democratic professionals in civic life
The field of community development is challenged in the current political culture where polarization and incivility impact democratic ideals and practices. The role of the community development practitioner in such an environment is to approach one’s work as a civic professional, using technical expertise in public-regarding ways to cultivate opportunities for discussion across lines of difference. Foundational and functional competencies for com…
Enabling Civil Discourse
This chapter focuses on historical and contemporary examples of civic education and deliberative democracy efforts that put civil discourse at the center of that work. By looking at a number of examples from past, recent, and ongoing ventures, this chapter highlights the ways in which civil discourse can and should be encouraged as well as examples of how such efforts have failed—for structural, political, and/or cultural reasons.
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead
For the last five years, we have had the honor of serving as editors of the Journal of Public Deliberation. This issue marks the end of our editorial tenure, and we take this opportunity to both look back and think ahead. In this brief essay, we reflect on what we’ve seen during our time as editors. We begin by describing three important special issues that reflect the state of our field, then provide some details about how we have facilitated JP…
Beyond the Myth of the Town Meeting
This essay offers a response to the special issue essays. It emphasizes that town meetings are a site for governance and have implications for contemporary deliberative practices
A Crisis of Civility
The state of political discourse in the United States today has been a subject of concern for many Americans. Political incivility is not merely a problem for political elites; political conversations between American citizens have also become more difficult and tense. The 2016 presidential elections featured campaign rhetoric designed to inflame the general public. Yet the 2016 election was certainly not the only cause of incivility among citize…
Authoritarianism and Deliberative Democracy
This article introduces the special issue on Deliberative Democracy in an Era of Authoritarianism. The essay highlights the relationship between authoritarianism and democracy, and discusses concerns about the current rise in authoritarianism in political systems. It poses questions about how deliberative scholars and practitioners should respond to authoritarian political contexts and how deliberation should relate to more activist forms of civi…
Democracy as Group Discussion and Collective Action
This article focuses on the theoretical and conceptual issues that reside at the intersection of deliberation and action. Looking at the Antigonish Movement and the USDA's farmer discussion groups and schools of philosophy in the 1930s and 1940s, the article identifies salient points about the ways in which institutional leaders developed programs that attended to concerns about the role of facts, values, and strategies by embedding deliberative …
Looking Beyond Our Recent Past
Reflecting on the State of our Field
This “Afterword” essay was written several months after the Frontiers of Democracy 2014 conference. It offers the Journal of Public Deliberation’s editors’ reflections on the conference and connections to the articles published in this special issue
The State of Our Field
This article introduces the special “State of the Field” issue. The essay highlights some of the key tensions that our field is wrestling with at the moment, and advocates that we think carefully about the terms we use to describe our work. It previews the articles in this special issue and urges future work in the field to take up the ideas, questions, and challenges posed by these essays
Deliberation In and Through Higher Education
This article explores how deliberative democracy has the ability to change how colleges and universities function. Deliberation offers a powerful way for students, faculty, staff, and community partners to learn and practice modes of reasoning and deciding together in a variety of settings such as classrooms, other campus settings, and in communities. The article includes scholarly resources as well as examples of deliberation in various contexts…
What Should You and I Do? Lessons for Civic Studies from Deliberative Politics in the New Deal
A Crisis of Civility
The state of political discourse in the United States today has been a subject of concern for many Americans. Political incivility is not merely a problem for political elites; political conversations between American citizens have also become more difficult and tense. The 2016 presidential elections featured campaign rhetoric designed to inflame the general public. Yet the 2016 election was certainly not the only cause of incivility among citize…
Looking Beyond Our Recent Past
What Should You and I Do? Lessons for Civic Studies from Deliberative Politics in the New Deal
The State of Our Field
This article introduces the special “State of the Field” issue. The essay highlights some of the key tensions that our field is wrestling with at the moment, and advocates that we think carefully about the terms we use to describe our work. It previews the articles in this special issue and urges future work in the field to take up the ideas, questions, and challenges posed by these essays
Deliberation In and Through Higher Education
This article explores how deliberative democracy has the ability to change how colleges and universities function. Deliberation offers a powerful way for students, faculty, staff, and community partners to learn and practice modes of reasoning and deciding together in a variety of settings such as classrooms, other campus settings, and in communities. The article includes scholarly resources as well as examples of deliberation in various contexts…
Reflecting on the State of our Field
This “Afterword” essay was written several months after the Frontiers of Democracy 2014 conference. It offers the Journal of Public Deliberation’s editors’ reflections on the conference and connections to the articles published in this special issue
Looking Beyond Our Recent Past
Democracy as Group Discussion and Collective Action
This article focuses on the theoretical and conceptual issues that reside at the intersection of deliberation and action. Looking at the Antigonish Movement and the USDA's farmer discussion groups and schools of philosophy in the 1930s and 1940s, the article identifies salient points about the ways in which institutional leaders developed programs that attended to concerns about the role of facts, values, and strategies by embedding deliberative …
Authoritarianism and Deliberative Democracy
This article introduces the special issue on Deliberative Democracy in an Era of Authoritarianism. The essay highlights the relationship between authoritarianism and democracy, and discusses concerns about the current rise in authoritarianism in political systems. It poses questions about how deliberative scholars and practitioners should respond to authoritarian political contexts and how deliberation should relate to more activist forms of civi…
Enabling Civil Discourse
This chapter focuses on historical and contemporary examples of civic education and deliberative democracy efforts that put civil discourse at the center of that work. By looking at a number of examples from past, recent, and ongoing ventures, this chapter highlights the ways in which civil discourse can and should be encouraged as well as examples of how such efforts have failed—for structural, political, and/or cultural reasons.
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead
For the last five years, we have had the honor of serving as editors of the Journal of Public Deliberation. This issue marks the end of our editorial tenure, and we take this opportunity to both look back and think ahead. In this brief essay, we reflect on what we’ve seen during our time as editors. We begin by describing three important special issues that reflect the state of our field, then provide some details about how we have facilitated JP…
Beyond the Myth of the Town Meeting
This essay offers a response to the special issue essays. It emphasizes that town meetings are a site for governance and have implications for contemporary deliberative practices
A Crisis of Civility
The state of political discourse in the United States today has been a subject of concern for many Americans. Political incivility is not merely a problem for political elites; political conversations between American citizens have also become more difficult and tense. The 2016 presidential elections featured campaign rhetoric designed to inflame the general public. Yet the 2016 election was certainly not the only cause of incivility among citize…
Democratic professionals in civic life
The field of community development is challenged in the current political culture where polarization and incivility impact democratic ideals and practices. The role of the community development practitioner in such an environment is to approach one’s work as a civic professional, using technical expertise in public-regarding ways to cultivate opportunities for discussion across lines of difference. Foundational and functional competencies for com…
Democracy’s challenge calls for communication’s response
Democracy is in trouble. We have been reminded of its fragility. The rise of antidemocratic sentiment and actions highlight the extent to which autocratization endangers the lives of citizens, now
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Democracy (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Deliberation (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Deliberative democracy (4 works)