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Political, intellectual, and academic discourse in the United States has been awash in political correctness, which has itself been berated and defended -- yet little understood. As a corrective, Nelson and Greene look at a more general process: adopting political positions to enhance one's rep...

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1. Verfasser: Nelson, Phillip J., 1929-
Weitere Verfasser: Greene, Kenneth V.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:Economics, cognition, and society.
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Zusammenfassung:Political, intellectual, and academic discourse in the United States has been awash in political correctness, which has itself been berated and defended -- yet little understood. As a corrective, Nelson and Greene look at a more general process: adopting political positions to enhance one's reputation for trustworthiness both to others and to oneself. Phillip Nelson and Kenneth Greene are Professors of Economics in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York, Binghamton.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (261 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index.
ISBN:9780472026173
0472026178
9786612695773
6612695773

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