The Public's Part of Public Discussion; The Role of Identity-Based Perspectives in Making Sense of Politics; The Social Practice of Informal Political Talk; Clarifying Social Identity Through Group Interaction; Talking Politics in a Context of Understandi
Publication information:
Walsh, Katherine Cramer. “The Public’s Part of Public Discussion; The Role of Identity-Based Perspectives in Making Sense of Politics; The Social Practice of Informal Political Talk; Clarifying Social Identity Through Group Interaction; Talking Politics in a Context of Understandi”. In Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life, 1-119. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Abstract
Katharine Cramer Walsh shows how political conversation friendship, and identity evolve together, creating stronger communities and social ties. But she also reveals how such informal discussion can have negative effects, reinforcing boundaries and encouraging exclusivity.