Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference FalsificationHarvard University Press, 30 sept 1997 - 423 páginas Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It happens frequently in everyday life, such as when we tell the host of a dinner party that we are enjoying the food when we actually find it bland. In Private Truths, Public Lies Kuran argues convincingly that the phenomenon not only is ubiquitous but has huge social and political consequences. Drawing on diverse intellectual traditions, including those rooted in economics, psychology, sociology, and political science, Kuran provides a unified theory of how preference falsification shapes collective decisions, orients structural change, sustains social stability, distorts human knowledge, and conceals political possibilities. |
Índice
Collective Conservatism | 105 |
The Obstinacy of Communism | 118 |
The Ominous Perseverance of the Caste System | 128 |
The Unwanted Spread of Affirmative Action | 137 |
Public Discourse and Private Knowledge | 157 |
The Unthinkable and the Unthought | 176 |
The Caste Ethic of Submission | 196 |
The Blind Spots of Communism | 205 |
The Unfading Specter of White Racism | 222 |
Unforeseen Political Revolutions | 247 |
The Fall of Communism and Other Sudden Overturns | 261 |
Notes | 351 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification Timur Kuran Vista previa restringida - 1998 |
Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification Timur Kuran Vista de fragmentos - 1995 |