Citizens, Politics and Social Communication by R. Robert Huck... - 9780521452984

Citizens, Politics and Social CommunicationInformation and Influence in an Election Campaign\nAuthor(s): R. Robert Huckfeldt, John Sprague, James H. Kuklinski, Robert S. Wyer, Stanley Feldman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521452984, 978-0521452984\nSynopsis\nDemocratic 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 one another and they generally arrive 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 campaign as it was experienced in the metropolitan area of South Bend, Indiana. Hence this is a community study in the fullest sense of the term. .