Why Societies Need Dissent

Name: Why Societies Need Dissent
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780674017689

ISBN-10: 0674017684

ISBN-13: 9780674017689

Edition: 2003

Authors: Cass R. Sunstein

List price: $23.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy used: $8.13

Buy new: $29.46

Marketplace

4 new & used from $4.68

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

In this timely book, Cass R. Sunstein shows that organizations and nations are far more likely to prosper if they welcome dissent and promote openness. Attacking "political correctness" in all forms, Sunstein demonstrates that corporations, legislatures, even presidents are likely to blunder if they do not cultivate a culture of candor and disclosure. He shows that unjustified extremism, including violence and terrorism, often results from failure to tolerate dissenting views. The tragedy is that blunders and cruelties could be avoided if people spoke out. Sunstein casts new light on freedom of speech, showing that a free society not only forbids censorship but also provides public…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction: Conformity and Dissent



Doing What Others Do



Obeying (and Disobeying) the Law



Traveling in Herds



What Will the Neighbors Think?



Free Speech



The Law of Group Polarization



The Framers' Greatest Contribution



Are Judges Conformists Too?



Affirmative Action in Higher Education


Conclusion: Why Dissent?


Notes


Index