Tertulia Logo
Sign upLog In
Cart Icon0
Cart Icon0
New!Websites for Authors
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Conversations of Democracy: Linking Citizens to American Government, Stephen E. Frantzich

Conversations of Democracy: Linking Citizens to American Government

Stephen E. Frantzich

Paperback
Regular price$54.99With free membership trial$52.245% off(max discount $25)
This title does not qualify for the full 50% off new member discount
+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

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."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Sep 30th, 2010
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 0.60in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9781594517549
  • Categories: • Rhetoric• Civics & Citizenship• History & Theory - General

Praise for this book

"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