Political Conversation in Everyday Communicative Contexts
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2008v7n12p143Abstract
This article looks at forms of interaction and communicative exchanges in discussion groups composed of beneficiaries of a Brazilian income transfer program (Bolsa-Família Program) and at how these forms contribute to the deliberative process. Discussion groups are used as a method for showing how everyday conversation and political discussion are interrelated. Our interest is not to analyze this program, but rather represents an attempt to capture and research moments in which group participants establish their own position relative to one another. At such moments, conversations on everyday subjects and personal dramas shift towards attitudes that include taking the risk of expressing dissonant opinions, explaining background assumptions, and producing counter-narratives. Eight discussion groups were established in two Brazilian cities in the Southeastern region: four in Belo Horizonte (MG) and four in Campinas (SP). Keywords: everyday conversation; political discussion; deliberative process; discussion groups; poor women.Downloads
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2008-10-23
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