Word and Deed: A Deweyan Integration of Deliberative and Participatory Democracy R. W. Hildreth Southern Illinois University‐Carbondale New Political Science, 34:3, 295‐320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2012.703852 Abstract: This essay draws on the political philosophy of John Dewey as one way to re‐ think the relationship between deliberative and participatory democracy. Rather than focusing on differences, Dewey’s ideal of democracy allows us to bridge these two theories while still being attentive to the tensions between them. In particular, Dewey helps us conceptualize deliberative and participatory practices as distinctive, yet complementary phases within a larger circuit of cooperative inquiry. To illustrate my argument, I present a case study of one democratic experiment that effectively combined different forms of practice. In doing so, I contend that we might be able to recover and incorporate some of the more radical features of participatory democracy into deliberative practices. I specifically emphasize participatory theory’s focus on political action and structural inequality, in addition to deliberation, as essential to citizen‐centered democratic practice.