Everyday Democracy - 9780226845104

The University of Chicago Press

Everyday DemocracyLiberals, Conservatives, and Their Routine Political Lives\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser, Deborah J. Schildkraut\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226845104, 978-0226845104\nSynopsis\nHow the everyday habits and attitudes of ordinary liberals and conservatives shape the health of American democracy.\n\n In Everyday Democracy, Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser, and Deborah J. Schildkraut study Americans views of several manifestations of everyday democracy, which they define as the attitudes, behaviors, and processes that people experience in daily life and their routine considerations of politics and community. Examples include engaging in dialogue with political opponents and giving politicians license to compromise. Ordinary political moments like these constitute much of politics, and they can lay the foundation that shapes if, when, and how crisis mome.