Overview

"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."""

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Author:   Stephen E. Frantzich
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781594517532

ISBN 10:   1594517533
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter One Politics and Democracy as Conversation; chapterTwo Characteristics of a Good Conversation; chapterThree Conversational Strategies; chapterFour The Value of Conversation in a Democracy; chapterFive The Informational Requirements of a Good Conversation; chapterSix The Social Setting of Contemporary Conversation; chapterSeven The Language of Political Conversation; chapterEight The New Technology of Conversation; chapterNine Institutionalized Conversation; chapterTen Beyond Talking;

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For over three decades C-SPAN has attempted to improve America's political conversation. Steve Frantzich takes the idea of multi-level conversations as the key defining element of democratic politics. In the process, he shows how the principles of good conversations are used and abused in contemporary political conversation. --Brian Lamb, Founder of C-SPAN Frantzich has written an engaging book about one of the foundations of healthy democracy: talking with one another about politics and pursuing constructive, deliberative public dialogue. Frantzich has crafted an accessible book that draws on secondary studies to develop a conversation with readers...This pragmatic how-to book fits in nicely with other books that address the erosion of basic democracy and link this erosion to declining social capital, hyperindividualism, and the shrinkage of community activity...Recommended. --CHOICE August 2011 Vol 48 No. 11

For over three decades C-SPAN has attempted to improve America's political conversation. Steve Frantzich takes the idea of multi-level conversations as the key defining element of democratic politics. In the process, he shows how the principles of good conversations are used and abused in contemporary political conversation. --Brian Lamb, Founder of C-SPAN Frantzich has written an engaging book about one of the foundations of healthy democracy: talking with one another about politics and pursuing constructive, deliberative public dialogue. Frantzich has crafted an accessible book that draws on secondary studies to develop a conversation with readers...This pragmatic how-to book fits in nicely with other books that address the erosion of basic democracy and link this erosion to declining social capital, hyperindividualism, and the shrinkage of community activity...Recommended. --CHOICE August 2011 Vol 48 No. 11

For over three decades C-SPAN has attempted to improve America's political conversation. Steve Frantzich takes the idea of multi-level conversations as the key defining element of democratic politics. In the process, he shows how the principles of good conversations are used and abused in contemporary political conversation. --Brian Lamb, Founder of C-SPAN Frantzich has written an engaging book about one of the foundations of healthy democracy: talking with one another about politics and pursuing constructive, deliberative public dialogue. Frantzich has crafted an accessible book that draws on secondary studies to develop a conversation with readers...This pragmatic how-to book fits in nicely with other books that address the erosion of basic democracy and link this erosion to declining social capital, hyperindividualism, and the shrinkage of community activity...Recommended. --CHOICE August 2011 Vol 48 No. 11

Author Information

Stephen Frantzich is professor political science at the U.S. Naval Academy. The author of over twenty books, he travels internationally speaking on civic engagement and the impact of technology on politics. He serves as a consultant to the U.S. Congress, Center on Civic Education, C-SPAN and a variety of foreign governments. As the President of Books for International Goodwill (www.big-books.org) he has facilitated the distribution over 4 million books to underserved populations worldwide.

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