Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference FalsificationPreference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It happens frequently in everyday life, such as when we tell the host of a dinner party that we are enjoying the food when we actually find it bland. In Private Truths, Public Lies Kuran argues convincingly that the phenomenon not only is ubiquitous but has huge social and political consequences. Drawing on diverse intellectual traditions, including those rooted in economics, psychology, sociology, and political science, Kuran provides a unified theory of how preference falsification shapes collective decisions, orients structural change, sustains social stability, distorts human knowledge, and conceals political possibilities. |
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... Pressure Groups To influence a society's actual decisions , activists must do more than satisfy their expressive ... pressure group encompasses , but is not limited to , the notion of a " special - interest group " or " faction . " James ...
... groups have dominated the debate to the near - exclusion of voices for ... pressure group can be a recipe for political ineffectiveness . Still an ... pressure groups has formed , activists may either join one of these or develop some new ...
... pressure groups with fixed positions at 0 and 100. That the groups lie at the extremities of the spectrum of options is not crucial to the argument , but it simplifies the exposition . What is significant is that the pressure groups ...
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