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Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy

By Diana C. Mutz

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0521847508, 9780521847506, 0521612284, 9780521612289, 9780511617201
LCC
JA76 .M88 2006
Open Library ID
OL22728643M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
910 kB (931713 bytes)
Pages
184\183
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

'Religion and politics', as the old saying goes, 'should never be discussed in mixed company.'And yet fostering discussions that cross lines of political difference has long been a central concern of political theorists. More recently, it has also become a cause c?l?bre for pundits and civic-minded citizens wanting to improve the health of American democracy. But only recently have scholars begun empirical investigations of where and with what consequences people interact with those whose political views differ from their own. Hearing the Other Side examines this theme in the context of the contemporary United States. It is unique in its effort to link political theory with empirical research. Drawing on her empirical work, Mutz suggests that it is doubtful that an extremely activist political culture can also be a heavily deliberative one.

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