Talking Politics

Name: Talking Politics
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ISBN: 9780521436793

ISBN-10: 0521436796

ISBN-13: 9780521436793

Edition: 1992

Authors: William A. Gamson

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Those who analyze public opinion have long contended that the average citizen is incapable of recounting consistently even the most rudimentary facts about current politics; that the little the average person does know is taken at face value from the media reports, and that the consequence is a polity that is ill-prepared for democratic governance. Yet social movements, comprised by and large of average citizens who have become exercised about particular issues, have been a prominent feature of the American political scene throughout American history and they are experiencing a resurgence in recent years. William Gamson asks the question, how is it that so many people become active in…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/28/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

William A. Gamson,the former President of the American Sociological Association, is also a former Guggenheim Fellow and Professor in Boston College's Sociology Department. He is the creator of SIMSOC and author, among others, ofTalking Politics, The Strategy of Social Protest,andPower and Discontent.



List of figures and tables


Preface



Political consciousness



Conversations and media discourse



Collective Action Frames



Injustoce



Agency



Identity



Talk and action



How People Negotiate Meaning



Media, popular wisdom, and experience



Cultural resonances



Proximity and engagement



Developing political consciousness


Appendices


Notes


References


Index