Does Group Deliberation Mobilize? The Effect of Public Deliberation on Willingness to Participate in Politics.
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| Title: | Does Group Deliberation Mobilize? The Effect of Public Deliberation on Willingness to Participate in Politics. |
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| Authors: | Myers, C. Daniel (AUTHOR), Gordon, Hunter G. (AUTHOR), Kim, Hyungjin Myra (AUTHOR), Rowe, Zachary (AUTHOR), Goold, Susan Dorr (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Political Behavior. Jun2020, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p557-580. 24p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Political participation, Bureaucracy, Deliberation, Practical politics, Small groups |
| Geographic Terms: | Michigan |
| Abstract: | Proponents of public deliberation suggest that engaging in deliberation increases deliberators' subsequent participation in other forms of politics. We evaluate this "deliberative participation hypothesis" using data drawn from a deliberative field experiment in which members of medically underserved communities in Michigan deliberated in small groups about the design of that state's Medicaid program. Participants were randomly assigned to deliberate about the program in a group or to think about the decision individually, and then completed a post-survey that included measures of willingness to engage in a variety of political acts. We measured willingness to engage in common forms of political participation, as well as willingness to participate in particularistic resistance to adverse decisions by insurance bureaucracies. Contrary to the claims of much of the existing literature, we find no impact of deliberation on willingness to engage in political participation. These results suggest that the ability of public deliberation to increase broader political engagement may be limited or may only occur in particularly intensive, directly empowered forms of public deliberation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Proponents of public deliberation suggest that engaging in deliberation increases deliberators' subsequent participation in other forms of politics. We evaluate this "deliberative participation hypothesis" using data drawn from a deliberative field experiment in which members of medically underserved communities in Michigan deliberated in small groups about the design of that state's Medicaid program. Participants were randomly assigned to deliberate about the program in a group or to think about the decision individually, and then completed a post-survey that included measures of willingness to engage in a variety of political acts. We measured willingness to engage in common forms of political participation, as well as willingness to participate in particularistic resistance to adverse decisions by insurance bureaucracies. Contrary to the claims of much of the existing literature, we find no impact of deliberation on willingness to engage in political participation. These results suggest that the ability of public deliberation to increase broader political engagement may be limited or may only occur in particularly intensive, directly empowered forms of public deliberation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 01909320 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11109-018-9507-z |
