One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy /

Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Employing several years of original survey data and experi...

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Main Authors: Marietta, Morgan (Author), Barker, David C. (David Christopher), 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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Summary:Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Employing several years of original survey data and experiments, Marietta and Barker reach a number of enlightening and provocative conclusions: dueling fact perceptions are not so much a product of hyper-partisanship or media propaganda as they are of simple value differences and deepening distrust of authorities.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780190677206
0190677201
9780190677183
019067718X