| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Polarization -- Extremism: Why and when -- Movements -- Preventing extremism -- Good extremism -- Appendix: Findings of group polarization. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Extremists -- United States.
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Extremists. |
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United States. |
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Radicalism -- United States.
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Radicalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sunstein, Cass R. Going to extremes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008043339 |
| ISBN |
9780195378016 (alkaline paper) |
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0195378016 (alkaline paper) |
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9780199703210 (electronic book) |
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0199703213 (electronic book) |
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1282053914 |
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9781282053915 |
| Standard No. |
9786612053917 |
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