Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: Evidence on a Neglected Arena of the Deliberative System

Abstract According to normative theorists, informal conversations between strangers are the most basic manifestation of the political public sphere and truest to the deliberative democratic ideal. Yet systematic empirical evidence on citizens’ everyday political talk outside their social networks is...

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Veröffentlicht in:Politische Vierteljahresschrift. - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 1960. - 64(2023), 3 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 499-523
1. Verfasser: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Schnaudt, Christian
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Schlagworte:Deliberative democracy Interpersonal political communication Political public sphere Social networks
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