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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 political discussion and its consequences on political
deliberation and behaviour in numerous advanced industrial
democracies worldwide. It is divided into two main sections that
provide both a review of the field and context for the chapters
that follow: Part I studies deliberation and discussion as the
object of analysis. Part II concentrates on the consequences of
political discussion and deliberation. Covering ten countries
across Europe, Asia, and North and South America, this book makes a
significant contribution toward broader theories of political
communication, deliberative democracy, discussion networks, and
political behaviour. It will be of interest to scholars of
comparative politics, political communication, political behaviour,
governance and democracy.
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 political discussion and its consequences on political
deliberation and behaviour in numerous advanced industrial
democracies worldwide. It is divided into two main sections that
provide both a review of the field and context for the chapters
that follow:
- Part I studies deliberation and discussion as the object of
analysis.
- Part II concentrates on the consequences of political
discussion and deliberation.
Covering ten countries across Europe, Asia, and North and South
America, this book makes a significant contribution toward broader
theories of political communication, deliberative democracy,
discussion networks, and political behaviour. It will be of
interest to scholars of comparative politics, political
communication, political behaviour, governance and democracy.
Political organizations and clubs structure contemporary
politics. From political parties to environmental organizations,
citizens join a host of associations to influence policymaking and
the political agenda. Yet why do citizens in some western
democracies join political organizations much more than in others?
Laura Morales explains that there are three types of participatory
patterns: a North American model, with extensive membership levels
and a reasonably high level of activism within organizations; a
northern, or Protestant, European pattern, that combines extensive
membership levels and fundamentally passive involvement; and a
south European model, where low levels of membership are
compensated by intense activism. Drawing on a large number of
crossnational surveys and datasets, Morales shows that huge
crossnational variations in political membership are not so much
related to social or attitudinal differences between these
countries' citizens but are explained to a great extent by the
structure of the political system of each nation.
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