Trivialization and Public Opinion : Slogans, Substance, and Styles of Thought in the Age of Complexity /: Slogans, Substance, and Styles of Thought in the Age of Complexity. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Olrdich Bubak, Henry Jacek.
• Authors: Bubak, Oldrich; Jacek, Henry J
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Acronyms; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Part I On Trivialization; Chapter 1 Introduction; Information Asymmetries and Social Change; The Roadblocks; Themes in Literature; The Blueprints; References; Chapter 2 Trivialization; Ideas and Information; About Trivialization; Trivialization in Action: Reforming Health Care; On Full Display; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 The Uneasy World of "Isms"; Essentialism; Reductionism; Relativism; Learning from History; Conclusion; References; Part II Opinions and Their Public; Chapter 4 Democracy (Re)Imagined Testing the Theories of PoliticsThis Happens in a Democracy; Challenging Democracy; A New Constitution; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Bringing in the Public; The People's View; Speaking Together; Deliberation in Action; Why Deliberation?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 What We Can Learn; A Play of Ideas; The Factors in Formation; Informational Aspects; Meeting the Limits; What Can We Learn?; Conclusion; References; Part III Approaching Complexity; Chapter 7 Assumptions and Precautions; Assumptions and Theories; Incredible Certitude; Quotidian Certitudes; The Precautionary Principle ConclusionReferences; Chapter 8 Into a New Paradigm; The Global Financial System; Paradigms; Complexity Research and Its Imprints; Debates, Paradigms, Innovations; Questions and Answers in Complexity Research; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9 Transformations; Catching Up; Navigating Change; Meta-Theory; Methodology; Practice; Transforming Governance; Transforming Discourse; Conclusion; References; Part IV Shifting Cultures; Chapter 10 Beyond Folklore; Individual Development; The Social Trajectory; Cultural Development; Gaining Ground; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11 Thinking Change On TrivializationOpinions and Their Public; Approaching Complexity; Shifting Cultures; How Do You Know?; References; Glossary; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan US
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.3/8; Public opinion; Culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030179250; 3030179257
• Related ISBNs: 9783030179243
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2019).
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