Conversations of Democracy: Linking Citizens to American Government

ISBN-13: 9781594517549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Stephen E. Frantzich

Opis

Democratic politics involves a series of multi-directional conversations. Effective conversations have the potential to engage, educate, and animate both citizens and governmental officials. On the individual level, discovering successful conversational strategies benefits both political and social interaction. This book offers guidelines for conducting effective conversations personally, politically, and beyond such that readers of this book are unlikely to ever again look at conversation in the same way. New technologies and social trends both challenge and potentially enhance traditional face-to-face and media dominated conversations. Understanding the state, quality and potential of political conversations provides a unique perspective for evaluating and potentially improving government "by the people."

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Politics and Democracy as Conversation Chapter 2 Say What? Characteristics of a Good Conversation Chapter 3 Conversational Strategies Chapter 4 The Value of Conversation In a Democracy Chapter 5 Rising above Shared Ignorance: The Informational Requirements of a Good Conversation Chapter 6 The Social Setting of Contemporary Conversation Chapter 7 The Language of Political Conversation Chapter 8 The New Technology of Conversation Chapter 9 Institutionalized Conversation Chapter 10 Beyond Talking

O autorze

Frantzich, Stephen E.