| Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life Contributor(s): Walsh, Katherine Cramer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226872181 ISBN-13: 9780226872186 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2003 Annotation: Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists know very little about how they actually work. In "Talking about Politics", Katherine Cramer Walsh provides an innovative, intimate study of how ordinary people use informal group discussions to make sense of politics. Walsh examines how people rely on social identities--their ideas of who "we" are--to come to terms with current events. In Talking about Politics, she shows how political conversation, friendship, and identity evolve together, creating stronger communities and stronger social ties. Political scientists, sociologists, and anyone interested in how politics "really" works need to read this book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.973 |
| LCCN: 2003009993 |
| Series: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.36" W x 9.3" (1.19 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists know very little about how they actually work. In "Talking about Politics," Katherine Cramer Walsh provides an innovative, intimate study of how ordinary people use informal group discussions to make sense of politics. Walsh examines how people rely on social identities--their ideas of who "we" are--to come to terms with current events. In Talking about Politics, she shows how political conversation, friendship, and identity evolve together, creating stronger communities and stronger social ties. Political scientists, sociologists, and anyone interested in how politics "really" works need to read this book. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walsh, Katherine Cramer: - Katherine Cramer Walsh is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is also director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and an affiliate faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the LaFollette School of Public Affairs, the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, and the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. |