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While political discussion plays a central role of normative theories of deliberative democracy, theory and evidence are contradictory on the issue of whether political dissension and heterogeneity foster or stifle political conversations. Moreover, it has little to say how the macro-political climate more generally affects discussions about politics. We argue that a more comprehensive explanation of political discussion that is valid across countries requires the consideration of information about individuals as well as the nature of the political community in which they live. Based on data from 15 contemporary democracies around the globe, we analyze the impact of a country's political climate on individuals' discussion frequency. Moreover, and relatedly, we examine the impact of citizens' attitudes vis-a-vis the distribution of opinions among others in the country. We find that both political heterogeneity at the macro-level and an individual's position relative to the mainstream opinion systematically affect the likelihood of getting involved in political discussions. Contrary to many assumptions in the literature, we find that increased distance from the median voter and opposition to the incumbent government at the individual level and higher levels of political heterogeneity in a country lead to a greater frequency of political discussion. |
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Keywords: political discussion, political talk, deliberation, comparative politics, political participation |
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| Anderson, Christopher., Paskeviciute, Aida. and V., and. "Mainstream Politics and Political Discussion Behavior in Contemporary Democracies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65120_index.html> |
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| Anderson, C. J., Paskeviciute, A. and V., a. Y. , 2002-08-28 "Mainstream Politics and Political Discussion Behavior in Contemporary Democracies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65120_index.html |
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Abstract: While political discussion plays a central role of normative theories of deliberative democracy, theory and evidence are contradictory on the issue of whether political dissension and heterogeneity foster or stifle political conversations. Moreover, it has little to say how the macro-political climate more generally affects discussions about politics. We argue that a more comprehensive explanation of political discussion that is valid across countries requires the consideration of information about individuals as well as the nature of the political community in which they live. Based on data from 15 contemporary democracies around the globe, we analyze the impact of a country's political climate on individuals' discussion frequency. Moreover, and relatedly, we examine the impact of citizens' attitudes vis-a-vis the distribution of opinions among others in the country. We find that both political heterogeneity at the macro-level and an individual's position relative to the mainstream opinion systematically affect the likelihood of getting involved in political discussions. Contrary to many assumptions in the literature, we find that increased distance from the median voter and opposition to the incumbent government at the individual level and higher levels of political heterogeneity in a country lead to a greater frequency of political discussion. |
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| MAINSTREAM POLITICS AND POLITICAL DISCUSSION BEHAVIOR IN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES Christopher J. Anderson Aida Paskeviciute Yuliya V. Tverdova Binghamton University Abstract While political discussion plays a central role of normative theories of deliberative democracy theory and evidence are contradictory on the issue of whether political dissension and heterogeneity foster or stifle political conversations. Moreover it has little to say how the macropolitical climate more generally affects discussions about politics. We argue that a more comprehensive explanation of political discussion that |
| allow us to establish (a) whether political differences within a population (or lack thereof) are significant determinants of political discussion behavior once we allow the intercepts to vary across countries and obtain better estimates of standard errors; (b) whether our macrovariables explain a substantial proportion of the countrylevel variance in order for us to be able to claim that we have minimized a potential omitted variable bias; and (c) whether the effects of distance from the political mainstream are |
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