Veni, vidi, disseri: Churches and the promise of democratic deliberation

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-643

  Neiheisel, Jacob R ^a   Djupe, Paul A ^b   Sokhey, Anand E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Churches; Clergy; Democratic deliberation; Political discussion; Political diversity; Political participation; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650332876     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08324216     Document Type: Article

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