slogans, substance, and styles of thought in the age of complexity /
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Oldrich Bubak, Henry Jacek.
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Cham, Switzerland :
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Palgrave Macmillan US,
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[2019]
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1 online resource (279 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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
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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
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On TrivializationOpinions and Their Public; Approaching Complexity; Shifting Cultures; How Do You Know?; References; Glossary; Index
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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
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Centering on public discourse and its fundamental lapses, this book takes a unique look at key barriers to social and political advancement in the information age. Public discourse is replete with confident, easy to manage claims, intuitions, and other shortcuts; outstanding of these is trivialization, the trend to distill multifaceted dilemmas to binary choices, neglect the big picture, gloss over alternatives, or filter reality through a lens of convenience--leaving little room for nuance and hence debate. Far from superficial, such lapses are symptoms of deeper, intrinsically connected shortcomings inviting further attention. Focusing primarily on industrialized democracies, the authors take their readers on a transdisciplinary journey into the world of trivialization, engaging as they do so the intricate issues borne of a modern environment both enabled and constrained by technology. Ultimately, the authors elaborate upon the emerging counterweights to conventional worldviews and the paradigmatic alternatives that promise to help open new avenues for progress.--
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Springer Nature
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com.springer.onix.9783030179250
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Trivialization and Public Opinion : Slogans, Substance, and Styles of Thought in the Age of Complexity.