Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)

Walsh, Katherine Cramer

ISBN 10: 0226872203 / ISBN 13: 9780226872209

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226872203
• ISBN 13: 9780226872209
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 15 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Katherine Cramer Walsh is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison