Talking about politics [electronic resource] : informal groups and social identity in American life / Katherine Cramer Walsh.

Introduction : the public's part of public discussion
The role of identity-based perspectives in making sense of politics
The social practice of informal political talk
Clarifying social identity through group interaction
Talking politics in a context of understanding
Public discussion of the daily news
The data are not given : perspectives, political trust, and the 2000 election
Social interaction, political divides.