Political Discussion in Modern Democracies
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:
studies deliberation and discussion as the object of analysis.
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 towards 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.
Michael R. Wolf is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. Laura Morales is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Change of the University of Manchester. Kenichi Ikeda is a Professor in the department of Social Psychology at the University of Tokyo.
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science
Edited by Thomas Poguntke
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research
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1 Regionalist Parties in Western Europe
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2 Comparing Party System Change
Edited by Jan- Erik Lane and Paul Pennings
3 Political Theory and European Union
Edited by Albert Weale and Michael Nentwich
4 Politics of Sexuality
Edited by Terrell Carver and Vronique Mottier
5 Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations
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6 Social Capital and European Democracy
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7 Party Elites in Divided Societies
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8 Citizenship and Welfare State Reform in Europe
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9 Democratic Governance and New Technology
Technologically mediated innovations in political practice in Western Europe
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10 Democracy Without Borders
Transnationalisation and conditionality in new democracies
Edited by Jean Grugel
11 Cultural Theory as Political Science
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12 The Transformation of Governance in the European Union
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13 Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies
Political parties behind closed doors
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14 Survival of the European Welfare State
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15 Private Organisations in Global Politics
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16 Federalism and Political Performance
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17 Democratic Innovation
Deliberation, representation and association
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18 Public Opinion and the International Use of Force
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19 Religion and Mass Electoral Behaviour in Europe
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20 Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
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21 Democracy and Political Change in the Third World
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22 Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
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23 Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life
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24 Development and Democracy
What do we know and how?
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25 Do Political Campaigns Matter?
Campaign effects in elections and referendums
Edited by David M. Farrell and Rdiger Schmitt- Beck
26 Political Journalism
New challenges, new practices
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27 Economic Voting
Edited by Han Dorussen and Michaell Taylor
28 Organized Crime and the Challenge to Democracy
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29 Understanding the European Unions External Relations
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30 Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe
Edited by Giuliano Bonoli and Martin Powell
31 Decision Making Within International Organisations
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32 Comparative Biomedical Policy
Governing assisted reproductive technologies
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33 Electronic Democracy
Mobilisation, organisation and participation via new ICTs Edited by Rachel K. Gibson, Andrea Rmmele and Stephen J. Ward
34 Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism
The end of environmentalism?