Abstract: . . .  Box 154, Manila, Philippines Email: tmontiel@f6301.febc.wcui.edu Western Europe: Dr. Fernando Reinares, Titular Professor of Sociology, Departamento de Sociologia, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Senda del Rey s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain East Asia: Dr. Chih-yu Shih, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Political Science, National Taiwan University, 21 Hsu Chow Road, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, Tel: 886-2-3973994 (0) or 886-2-775-2313 (H) REPORT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE The “First International Conference on Direct Democracy” took place August 1998 in Pribram near Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was not only about direct democracy, but also about how to improve representative democracy, about helping people everywhere govern their own collective affairs, and about the implications of new communication systems for all of this. The organizers are keen to promote a world-wide movement for more democracy. Next conference proposed: Year 2000, Greece. Contact information: . . .
. . .  campaign staffs. In the second part of the book, the authors look at individuals and how they construct political meanings from available messages. Contributors to the volume include Dean E. Alger, W. Lance Bennett, Timothy E. Cook, Ann N. Crigler, Michael X. Delli Carpini, Robert M. Entman, William A. Gamson, Doris A. Graber, August E. Grant, Roderick Hart, Marion Just, John Llewellyn, W. Russell Neumann, Richard M. Perloff, Deborah Smith-Howell, and Bruce A. Williams. Page 12 Fall 1999 International Society of Political Psychology 12 ISPP Central Office Mailing Address This newsletter was developed at the University of Kansas by the editors of ISPP News and printed at the ISPP Central Office. Dana Ward, Executive Director ISPP Central Office Pitzer College 1050 N. Mills Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 USA Submissions to ISPP News Co-Editors: Juliet Kaarbo, University of Kansas & Ryan K. Beasley, Baker University Next newsletter: Spring 2000 Deadline: March 1, 2000 We can publish notices of upcoming . . .
. . .  Federal- CP: 1408 Argentina Email: colijeff@netdata.com.ar Southeast Asia: Dr. Cristina J. Montiel, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology , Ateneo de Manila University, P.O. Box 154, Manila, Philippines Email: tmontiel@f6301.febc.wcui.edu Western Europe: Dr. Fernando Reinares, Titular Professor of Sociology, Departamento de Sociologia, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Senda del Rey s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain East Asia: Dr. Chih-yu Shih, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Political Science, National Taiwan University, 21 Hsu Chow Road, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, Tel: 886-2-3973994 (0) or 886-2-775-2313 (H) REPORT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE The “First International Conference on Direct Democracy” took place August 1998 in Pribram near Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was not only about direct democracy, but also about how to improve representative democracy, about helping people everywhere govern their own collective affairs, and about the implications of new communication . . .
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