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Uninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It
Arthur Lupia
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Description for Uninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It
Paperback. Voter ignorance is notorious and well-documented, but merely throwing more facts at voters is not enough. In this capstone work, eminent political scientist Arthur Lupia synthesizes years of work with scientists and educators in all arenas to figure out how to increase issue competence among voters. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics. Hundreds of surveys document vast numbers of citizens answering even basic questions about government incorrectly. Given this unfortunate state of affairs, it is not surprising that more knowledgeable people often deride the public for its ignorance. Some experts even think that less informed citizens should stay out of politics altogether. As Arthur Lupia shows in Uninformed, this is not constructive. At root, critics of public ignorance fundamentally misunderstand ... Read more
Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics. Hundreds of surveys document vast numbers of citizens answering even basic questions about government incorrectly. Given this unfortunate state of affairs, it is not surprising that more knowledgeable people often deride the public for its ignorance. Some experts even think that less informed citizens should stay out of politics altogether. As Arthur Lupia shows in Uninformed, this is not constructive. At root, critics of public ignorance fundamentally misunderstand ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190659936
SKU
V9780190659936
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About Arthur Lupia
Arthur Lupia is the Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He serves on advisory boards for several science communication endeavors, including the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academy of Science and Climate Central. He is also Chair of the American Political Science Association Task Force on Improving ... Read more
Reviews for Uninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It
In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse.
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Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know ... Read more
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Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know ... Read more