Political discussion in modern democracies : a comparative perspective / / edited by Michael R. Wolf, Laura Morales and Kenʼichi Ikeda

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park Abingdon Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01/4
• Soggetto topico: Political participation; Democracy; Political sociology; Communication in politics; Comparative government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: IkedaKen'ichi <1955-> Morales Diez de UlzurrunLaura WolfMichael R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Political discussion in modern democracies from a comparative perspective; Part I Deliberation and discussion as the object of analysis; 2 Dissecting deliberative democracy: A review of theoretical concepts and empirical findings; 3 The equality paradox of deliberative democracy: Evidence from a national Deliberative Poll; 4 What political discussion means and how do the French and (French- speaking) Belgians deal with it? ; 5 Participatory budgeting, political discussion networks and political information in two Brazilian cities6 Local partisan context and political discussion network construction: Minority party loyalty under challenge; 7 Voters' political conversations during the 2005 German parliamentary election campaign; Part II The consequences of discussion and deliberation; 8 The consequences of discussion and deliberation within networks: An introduction; 9 The impact of everyday political talk on involvement, knowledge and informed voting ; 10 Patterns of support for the welfare state: The role of media and interpersonal communication in direct democratic votes in Switzerland (1996-2004)11 Social networks, voting and campaign participation in Japan: The interpersonal political environment and the autonomous dimension of social networks; 12 The role of political discussion in developing democracies: Evidence from Hungary; 13 Getting a single message?: The impact of homogeneous political communication contexts in Spain in a comparative perspective ; 14 Conclusion: Assessing the role of political discussion in democratic politics in comparative perspectiveBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democracy, discursive studies, dynamics of interpersonal communication, and discussion network analyses, with substantial numbers of books and articles covering each. However, these areas are often treated distinctly and not brought together in a comprehensive and systematic way. Political Discussion in Modern Democracies: a comparative perspective reviews the breadth of the different literatures on political science and provides original comparative analyses of the nature of
• Titolo autorizzato: Political discussion in modern democracies
• ISBN: 1-136-96415-0; 1-282-62934-4; 9786612629341; 0-203-85069-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458228803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 61.