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Interpersonal Networks and Democratic Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Anand E. Sokhey  and
Paul A. Djupe
Anand E. Sokhey
Affiliation:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Paul A. Djupe
Affiliation:
Denison University
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Some of the most fundamental concerns about democratic politics involve information—who has access to it, how do individuals get it, and of what quality and type is it? The answers to each of these questions invariably involve other people, and it is for this reason that modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of social networks.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 55 - 59
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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