Agre

1. What is the central problem for citizens in democracies?
The central problem for citizen in democracies is that it is difficult for them to be counted their voice; they feel hard to participate in huge society meaningfully.

2. What skills do citizens need?
The skills that citizens need are "building social capital and participating in the collective production and circulation of political arguments".

3. What term does the author use to describe the process citizens use to promote their concerns about an issue?
The term that author use is "issue entrepreneurship", which is central to "the making of public policy" and to "the 'politics'".

4. What steps are the four steps in this process?
The four steps for citizens to associate with issues are to identify the prominence issues, to research and analyze them, to stake out the position in public, and to build social networks with people who are related to issues and ideologically compatible.

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Write two of your own questions on the ideas and issues raised in this section. Lead a class discussion next session.

5. What kind of dimensions that political issues have?

6.What is the ability to support the work of issue entrepreneurs?