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How change happens / Cass R Sunstein

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019].Description: xii, 328 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262538985
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 SUN
Contents:
Norms and values -- Unleashed -- The law of group polarization -- The expressive function of law -- The uses and limits of nudges -- Nudging : a very short guide -- Forcing choices -- Welfare -- Nudges that fail -- Ethics -- Control -- Coercion -- On preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A -- Excursions -- Transparency -- Precautions -- Moral heuristics -- Rights -- Partyism.
Summary: How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; now there is no shortage of media outlets for them. In this book, with the help of behavioral economics, psychology, and other fields, Cass Sunstein casts a bright new light on how change happens.
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Norms and values --
Unleashed --
The law of group polarization --
The expressive function of law --
The uses and limits of nudges --
Nudging : a very short guide --
Forcing choices --
Welfare --
Nudges that fail --
Ethics --
Control --
Coercion --
On preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A --
Excursions --
Transparency --
Precautions --
Moral heuristics --
Rights --
Partyism.

How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; now there is no shortage of media outlets for them. In this book, with the help of behavioral economics, psychology, and other fields, Cass Sunstein casts a bright new light on how change happens.

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