The paper argues that decision‐making is central to deliberative democracy, especially in its micro institutional form. However, distinct trade‐offs between theory and practice are required to ensure that this link is present. These trade‐offs also vary depending on whether the forums are based on sortition or partisanship. The paper locates the trade‐offs at the various decision‐making stages between theory and practice in a partisan citizen forum in the Peak District in the UK.
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