A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521790154)

Is the process of political communications by the news media and by parties responsible for civic malaise? A Virtuous Circle sets out to challenge the conventional wisdom that it is. Based on a comparative examination of the role of the news media and parties in postindustrial societies, this study argues that rather than mistakenly "blaming the messenger" we need to understand and confront more deep-rooted flaws in the systems of representative democracy.

Author: Pippa Norris
ISBN-10: 0521790158
ISBN-13: 9780521790154
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2000
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.36w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2001 pg. 206