Review:
"[Talking about Race] examines the content of community dialogues, offers interviews with a variety of individuals involved in these dialogues, and analyzes national data on attitudes on racial/ethnic diversity. . . .An especially interesting and relevant chapter analyzes the dynamics of public officials and residents in dialogue about racial issues. . . . Overall, this book is a comprehensive yet accessible study of a very important subject for an increasingly diverse democratic nation. . . . Highly recommended." -- N. Krause "Choice" (01/01/2008)
"Talking About Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference represents a substantial undertaking by Katherine Cramer Walsh. Walsh embarks on a large-scale study of community dialogues on race in multiple sites to ask how public talk comes into being and what goes on within it. . . . She provides a rich review of literature on democracy theory, difference verses unity in dialogue, theories of urban public policy, and deliberation. What is particularly impressive is that the author consistently traces the intellectual lineage often back to the original canonized scholars. . . . This text's greatest strength is the depth and diversity of the methodological approaches, its organization and transparency, in addition to the literature reviewed." -- Manoucheka Celeste "Journal of Communication Inquiry"
"Walsh''s text is careful and original. It fills a gap in our understanding of deliberative democracy and offers a substantial empirical contribution to the study of race in American public attitudes."--Melissa Harris-Lacewell "Perspectives on Politics "
"Walsh's text is careful and original. It fills a gap in our understanding of deliberative democracy and offers a substantial empirical contribution to the study of race in American public attitudes."--Melissa Harris-Lacewell "Perspectives on Politics "
"["Talking about Race"] examines the content of community dialogues, offers interviews with a variety of individuals involved in these dialogues, and analyzes national data on attitudes on racial/ethnic diversity. . . .An especially interesting and relevant chapter analyzes the dynamics of public officials and residents in dialogue about racial issues. . . . Overall, this book is a comprehensive yet accessible study of a very important subject for an increasingly diverse democratic nation. . . . Highly recommended."--N. Krause"Choice" (01/01/2008)"
""Talking About Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference "represents a substantial undertaking by Katherine Cramer Walsh. Walsh embarks on a large-scale study of community dialogues on race in multiple sites to ask how public talk comes into being and what goes on within it. . . . Sheprovides a rich review of literature on democracy theory, difference verses unity in dialogue, theories of urban public policy, and deliberation. What is particularly impressive is that the author consistently traces the intellectual lineage often back to the original canonized scholars. . . . This text s greatest strength is the depth and diversity of the methodological approaches, its organization and transparency, in addition to the literature reviewed."--Manoucheka Celeste "Journal of Communication Inquiry ""
"[Talking about Race] examines the content of community dialogues, offers interviews with a variety of individuals involved in these dialogues, and analyzes national data on attitudes on racial/ethnic diversity. . . .An especially interesting and relevant chapter analyzes the dynamics of public officials and residents in dialogue about racial issues. . . . Overall, this book is a comprehensive yet accessible study of a very important subject for an increasingly diverse democratic nation. . . . Highly recommended." --N. Krause"Choice" (01/01/2008)
"Talking About Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference represents a substantial undertaking by Katherine Cramer Walsh. Walsh embarks on a large-scale study of community dialogues on race in multiple sites to ask how public talk comes into being and what goes on within it. . . . She provides a rich review of literature on democracy theory, difference verses unity in dialogue, theories of urban public policy, and deliberation. What is particularly impressive is that the author consistently traces the intellectual lineage often back to the original canonized scholars. . . . This text's greatest strength is the depth and diversity of the methodological approaches, its organization and transparency, in addition to the literature reviewed."--Manoucheka Celeste "Journal of Communication Inquiry "
About the Author:
Katherine Cramer Walsh is associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and the author of Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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