Conversation, Disagreement and Political Participation

摘要: One of the more striking findings in recent work on political discussion among citizens has been that exposure to disagreement networks demobilises people, making participation less likely. This runs counter expectations theories social capital and deliberative democracy, also finding cross-cutting views leads greater tolerance opinions others. result is great significance if it proves be a general finding, holding variety contexts for range forms activism. paper therefore provides test, analysing wide The results suggest premature blame demobilisation: some circumstances, activism, countervailing may actually motivate participation.