How Change Happens
$40.95
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
An “illuminating” study that reveals the different ways social change occurs-for readers of Freakonomics and Thinking, Fast and Slow (The New York Times)How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; now there is no shortage of media outlets for them. In this book, with the help…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262538985 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262538989 |
| Author: | Cass R. Sunstein |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 452g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 22mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
Sunstein’s book is illuminating because it puts norms at the center of how we think about change.
—David Brooks, The New York TimesIn this dense and technical, but illuminating, work influenced by behavioral science and political philosophy, legal scholar and policy theorist Sunstein (Nudge) further develops his ideas on how changes in attitude and behavior ought to happen…. This is a work that demands—but rewards—the reader’s full attention. Starred Review.
—Publishers WeeklySunstein’s book is illuminating because it puts norms at the center of how we think about change.
—The New York TimesAbout The Author
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration. He was the recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize, one of the largest annual international research prizes awarded to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law, or theology. He is the author of The Cost-Benefit Revolution, How Change Happens (both published by the MIT Press), Nudge- Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler), and other books.
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