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Private truths, public lies: the social consequences of preference falsification

1996; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.33-3038

1943-5975

Timur Kuran,

Economic Theory and Institutions

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.