Citizens, Politics and Social Communication: Information and Influence in an Election Campaign

by John Sprague and Robert Huckfeldt

Book Overview

Democratic politics is a collective enterprise, not simply because individual votes are counted to determine winners, but more fundamentally because the individual exercise of citizenship is an interdependent undertaking. Citizens argue with one another and they generally arrive at political decisions through processes of social interaction and deliberation. This book is dedicated to investigating the political implications of interdependent citizens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030447
• ISBN13: 9780521030441
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"