Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas - Communication and Government in Sweden and the United States (Hardcover, New)

How do citizens and leaders in democratic nations communicate about their problems and prospects for the future? What can be learned from other nations about how to communicate in more effective and satisfying ways? These are important questions in an age of instant electronic communication in which the populations of the world's industrial democracies are wired for all manner of input. This book, first published in 1997, explores the institutional links between society and government that shape political communication. These regulators of national communication include parties and electoral representation systems, interest group processes, campaign finance mechanisms, and the media - factors that are familiar to anyone who follows politics yet that may not be recognized for their combined effects on the quality of political discourse. The authors show how these core elements of political systems affect the ways in which people communicate, and how effective that communication is at defining public problems and identifying workable solutions.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Erik Asard • W. Lance Bennett
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56336-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-521-56336-4
Barcode:	9780521563369

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