Political Disagreement by Robert Huckfeldt, Paul E. Johnson, ... - 9780521834308

Political DisagreementThe Survival of Diverse Opinions within Communication Networks\nAuthor(s): Robert Huckfeldt, Paul E. Johnson, John Sprague\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521834308, 978-0521834308\nSynopsis\nPolitical disagreement is widespread within the communication network of ordinary citizens; furthermore, political diversity within these networks is entirely consistent with a theory of democratic politics built on the importance of individual interdependence. The persistence of political diversity and disagreement does not imply that political interdependence is absent among citizens or that political influence is lacking. The book's analysis makes a number of contributions. The authors demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of political disagreement. They show that communication and influence within dyads is autoregressive - that the consequences of dyadic interactions depend on the di.