{"product_id":"toward-wiser-public-judgment-paperback","title":"Toward Wiser Public Judgment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Yankelovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWill Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work revisits and expands upon Yankelovich s seminal 1991 book, \u003ci\u003eComing to Public Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e, which argued that people advance through several distinct stages to form politically meaningful judgments about public issues. In particular, citizens must \"work through\" the temptation to opt for easy answers or engage in wishful thinking, reconcile conflicting values, and come to terms with tough tradeoffs, before they can truly support a new course of action. The present work examines these themes in light of changing societal conditions, from the advent of the Internet and the weakening of traditional media to the proliferation of urgent and complex problems that cannot be put off without courting disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his lead chapter, Dan Yankelovich urges us to move away from a \"misleading model of public opinion\" that \"dominates the expert culture of our society, including journalists, scientists, business leaders, scholars, professional experts, and political leaders.\" He and the other contributors (Will Friedman, Keith Melville, Robert Kingston, Alison Kadlec, Steven A. Rosell, and Heidi Gantwerk) describe methods used by organizations like Public Agenda, National Issues Forums, and Viewpoint Learning, Inc., to advance the public's learning curve through various forms of civic engagement, education, dialogue and deliberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey provide case studies of education reform in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and math and science initiatives in the Kansas City area, and examples of programs that have focused on issues ranging from energy and health care to US-Muslim relations. One chapter is a dialogue between Yankelovich and Friedman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile our political culture resonates to the public's desire for a stronger voice, it fails to ensure that this voice reflects anything more than the spin, spectacle, and excessive partisanship that dominate today's public discourse. \u003ci\u003eToward Wiser Public Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights and strategies to counteract these troubling trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolls tell us almost nothing about how people make up their minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Yankelovich, Chairman and Co-Founder of Public Agenda, is the initiator of the New York Times\/Yankelovich Poll and the author of twelve books. A founding president of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, he is also chairman emeritus of the Educational Testing Service. Yankelovich was Research Professor of Psychology at New York University and Professor of Psychology on the Graduate Faculty at the New School for Social Research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Friedman is President of Public Agenda, where he founded its public engagement department in 1997 and its Center for Advances in Public Engagement in 2007. The author of numerous articles on the theory and practice of public engagement, he was previously COO at Public Agenda and senior vice president for policy studies at the Work in America Institute.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722386280511,"sku":"9780826517395","price":86.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a62ba3abe4e94baefc4a9958aba06604.webp?v=1765095585","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/toward-wiser-public-judgment-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}