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Private truths, public lies: the social consequences of preference falsification
Abstract
Part 1 Living a lie: the significance of preference falsification private and public preferences private opinion, public opinion the dynamics of public opinion institutional sources of preference falsification. Part 2 Inhibiting change: collective conservatism the obstinacy of communism the ominous perseverance of the caste system the unwanted spread of affirmative action. Part 3 Distorting knowledge: public discourse and private knowledge the unthinkable and the unthought the caste ethic of submission the blind spots of communism the unfading spectre of white racism. Part 4 Generating surprise: unforeseen political revolutions the fall of communism and other sudden overturns the hidden complexities of social evolution from slavery to affirmative action preference falsification and social analysis.
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 05
- Pages
- 33-3038-33-3038
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W2080499008
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- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
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