This book is dedicated to investigating the political implications of interdependent citizens within the context of the 1984 presidential election campaign as it was experienced in the metropolitan area of South Bend, Indiana. National politics is experienced locally through a series of filters unique to a particular setting. Several different themes are explored: the dynamic implications of social communication among citizens, the importance of communication networks for citizen decision-making, the exercise of citizen purpose in locating sources of information, the constraints on individual choice, and institutional and organizational effects.
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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 and inform one another, arriving at political decisions through processes of social interaction and deliberation. This book is dedicated to investigating the political implications of interdependent citizens within the context of the 1984 presidential election campaign as it was experienced in the metropolitan area of South Bend, Indiana. National politics is experienced locally through a series of filters unique to a particular setting. Several different themes are explored: the dynamic implications of social communication among citizens, the importance of communication networks for citizen decision-making, the exercise of citizen purpose in locating sources of information, the constraints on individual choice, and institutional and organizational effects .
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Politics in a democracy revolves around the decisions of individual citizens, but individual citizens make their choices at particular times and places, located in multiple environments operating at a variety of levels. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
discussant preference, discussant pairs, political discussion partners, discussant vote, disinterested respondents, political discussants, partisan asymmetry, main respondent, party mobilization efforts, neighborhood partisanship, discussant interviews, interested discussant, informational choice, discussant effects, interaction variable measures, discussion dyads, past election year, contextual education, associational choice, respondent partisanship, party contacting, surrounding preferences, sixteen neighborhoods, ballot choice, party canvass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Bend, Joseph County, Ronald Reagan, New York, Discussant Reagan Preference, John Smith, Walter Mondale, Anthony Downs, Erie County, Strong Dem, Strong Rep, Weak Dem, Weak Rep, Columbia University New!
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Politics in a democracy revolves around the decisions of individual citizens, but individual citizens make their choices at particular times and places, located in multiple environments operating at a variety of levels. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
discussant preference, discussant pairs, political discussion partners, discussant vote, disinterested respondents, political discussants, partisan asymmetry, main respondent, party mobilization efforts, neighborhood partisanship, discussant interviews, interested discussant, informational choice, discussant effects, interaction variable measures, discussion dyads, past election year, contextual education, associational choice, respondent partisanship, party contacting, surrounding preferences, sixteen neighborhoods, ballot choice, party canvass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Bend, Joseph County, Ronald Reagan, New York, Discussant Reagan Preference, John Smith, Walter Mondale, Anthony Downs, Erie County, Strong Dem, Strong Rep, Weak Dem, Weak Rep, Columbia University New!
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- INFORMATION AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES by John A. Ferejohn on 4 pages
- Political Science (Spectrum Books) by Heinz Eulau in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- An Economic Theory of Democracy by Anthony Downs on page 125, and Back Matter
- Social Ecology by Mattei Dogan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contextual Analysis (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) by Gudmund R. Iversen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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