ISBN:
0195378016
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0199703213
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9780195378016
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9780199703210
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (199 pages)
DDC:
303.48/40973
Keywords:
Extremists
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Radicalism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Extremists
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Radicalism
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Radikalismus
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Radikaler
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Radikalismus
;
Extremists
;
Radicalism
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Kollektives Verhalten
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Radikalismus
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Polarisation
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Gruppenverhalten
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USA
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Gruppenverhalten
;
Polarisation
;
Kollektives Verhalten
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Radikalismus
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index
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Polarization -- Extremism: Why and when -- Movements -- Preventing extremism -- Good extremism -- Appendix: Findings of group polarization
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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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