- Preface
- 1. Living a Lie
- The Significance of Preference Falsification
- Private and Public Preferences
- Private Opinion, Public Opinion
- The Dynamics of Public Opinion
- Institutional Sources of Preference Falsification
- 2. Inhibiting Change
- Collective Conservatism
- The Obstinacy of Communism
- The Ominous Perseverance of the Caste System
- The Unwanted Spread of Affirmative Action
- 3. Distorting Knowledge
- Public Discourse and Private Knowledge
- The Unthinkable and the Unthought
- The Caste Ethic of Submission
- The Blind Spots of Communism
- The Unfading Specter of White Racism
- 4. Generating Surprise
- Unforeseen Political Revolutions
- The Fall of Communism and Other Sudden Overturns
- The Hidden Complexities of Social Evolution
- From Slavery to Affirmative Action
- Preference Falsification and Social Analysis
- Notes
- Index
Private Truths, Public Lies
The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
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$41.50 • £36.95 • €37.95
ISBN 9780674707580
Publication Date: 09/30/1997
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