Does Discussion With Disagreement Discourage All Types of Political Participation? Survey Evidence From Hong Kong

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 543-562

  Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

deliberation participation paradox; disagreement; political conversation; political participation; position taking versus nonposition taking activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863433472     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211398356     Document Type: Article

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