Political communication and deliberation / John Gastil.
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TextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, [2008]Copyright date: c2008Description: xvi, 325 pages : illusreations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781412916271 (cloth)
- 1412916275 (cloth)
- 9781412916288 (pbk.)
- 1412916283 (pbk.)
- 320.014 22 G.J.P
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-311) and index.
Democracy and deliberation -- Conversation and discussion -- Mediated deliberation and public opinion -- Deliberative elections -- How government deliberates -- Deliberation in the jury room -- Citizens and officials in public meetings -- Deliberative communities and societies -- International deliberation --
Toward a deliberative democracy.
The act of deliberation is the act of reflecting carefully on a matter and weighing the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to a problem. This book takes a different approach to the field of political communication by viewing the concepts and research in the context of deliberative democratic theory.
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