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Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America
Lawrence R. Jacobs
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Description for Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America
Paperback. Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, this title paints a comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America's future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 line drawings, 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, "Talking Together" paints the most comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America's future. The authors' original and extensive research reveals how, when, and why citizens talk to each other about the issues of the day. They find that - in settings ranging from one-on-one conversations to e-mail exchanges to larger and more formal gatherings - a surprising two-thirds of Americans regularly participate in public discussions about such pressing issues as the ... Read more
Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, "Talking Together" paints the most comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America's future. The authors' original and extensive research reveals how, when, and why citizens talk to each other about the issues of the day. They find that - in settings ranging from one-on-one conversations to e-mail exchanges to larger and more formal gatherings - a surprising two-thirds of Americans regularly participate in public discussions about such pressing issues as the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226389875
SKU
V9780226389875
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About Lawrence R. Jacobs
Lawrence R. Jacobs is the Mondale Chair and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Hubert Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. Fay Lomax Cook is director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Michael Delli Carpini is dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America
"The prospects for public deliberation represent this generation's variation on the classic question of whether ordinary citizens are actually capable of self-government. Talking Together brings new empirical data to bear on this major issue. A well-crafted study based on research by three of the field's leading scholars, this book will be of great interest to political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and ... Read more