Toward Wiser Public Judgment

by Will Friedman

Book Overview

This work revisits and expands upon Yankelovich s seminal 1991 book, Coming to Public Judgment, which argued that people advance through several distinct stages to form politically meaningful judgments about public issues. In particular, citizens must work through the temptation to opt for easy answers or engage in wishful thinking, reconcile conflicting values, and come to terms with tough tradeoffs, before they can truly support a new course...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826517390
• ISBN13: 9780826517395
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"