TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gastil,John
TI  - Political communication and deliberation
SN  - 9781412916271 (cloth)
U1  - 320.014 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE Publications
KW  - Communication in politics
KW  - Discussion
KW  - Democracy
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -