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Going to extremes : how like minds unite and divide /
Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? Why do groups of teenagers, investors, and corporations take unnecessary risks? What leads groups to engage in such destructive acts as terro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? Why do groups of teenagers, investors, and corporations take unnecessary risks? What leads groups to engage in such destructive acts as terrorism and ethic cleansing?. In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195378016 0195378016 9780199703210 0199703213 1282053914 9781282053915 9786612053917 6612053917 9780199793143 019979314X |