The Resource Talking politics
Talking politics
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- Summary
- Those who analyze public opinion have long contended that the average citizen is incapable of recounting consistently even the most rudimentary facts about current politics; that the little the average person does know is taken at face value from the media reports, and that the consequence is a polity that is ill-prepared for democratic governance. Yet social movements, comprised by and large of average citizens who have become exercised about particular issues, have been a prominent feature of the American political scene throughout American history and they are experiencing a resurgence in recent years. William Gamson asks the question, how is it that so many people become active in movements if people are so generally uninterested and badly informed about issues? The conclusion he reaches in this book is a striking refutation of the common wisdom about the public's ability to reason about politics. Rather than relying on survey data, as so many studies of public opinion do, Gamson reports on his analysis of discussions among small groups of working-class people on four controversial issues: affirmative action, nuclear power, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the troubles in American industry. Excerpts from many of these discussions are transcribed in the book.--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 272 pages
- Contents
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- List of figures and tables
- Preface
- Political consciousness
- Conversations and media discourse
- Part I. Collective action frames: Injustice
- Agency
- Identity
- Talk and action
- Part II. How people negotiate meaning: Media, popular wisdom, and experience
- Cultural resonances
- Proximity and engagement
- Developing political consciousness
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780521436793
- Label
- Talking politics
- Title
- Talking politics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Those who analyze public opinion have long contended that the average citizen is incapable of recounting consistently even the most rudimentary facts about current politics; that the little the average person does know is taken at face value from the media reports, and that the consequence is a polity that is ill-prepared for democratic governance. Yet social movements, comprised by and large of average citizens who have become exercised about particular issues, have been a prominent feature of the American political scene throughout American history and they are experiencing a resurgence in recent years. William Gamson asks the question, how is it that so many people become active in movements if people are so generally uninterested and badly informed about issues? The conclusion he reaches in this book is a striking refutation of the common wisdom about the public's ability to reason about politics. Rather than relying on survey data, as so many studies of public opinion do, Gamson reports on his analysis of discussions among small groups of working-class people on four controversial issues: affirmative action, nuclear power, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the troubles in American industry. Excerpts from many of these discussions are transcribed in the book.--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
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- Gamson, William A
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Public opinion
- Working class
- Political participation
- Social movements
- Label
- Talking politics
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Political consciousness -- Conversations and media discourse -- Part I. Collective action frames: Injustice -- Agency -- Identity -- Talk and action -- Part II. How people negotiate meaning: Media, popular wisdom, and experience -- Cultural resonances -- Proximity and engagement -- Developing political consciousness -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521436793
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Talking politics
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Political consciousness -- Conversations and media discourse -- Part I. Collective action frames: Injustice -- Agency -- Identity -- Talk and action -- Part II. How people negotiate meaning: Media, popular wisdom, and experience -- Cultural resonances -- Proximity and engagement -- Developing political consciousness -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521436793
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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