Trivialization and Public Opinion : Slogans, Substance, and Styles of Thought in the Age of Complexity / Olrdich Bubak, Henry Jacek.

Intro; Preface; Contents; Acronyms; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Part I On Trivialization; Chapter 1 Introduction; Information Asymmetries and Social Change; The Roadblocks; Themes in Literature; The Blueprints; References; Chapter 2 Trivialization; Ideas and Information; About Trivialization; Trivialization in Action: Reforming Health Care; On Full Display; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 The Uneasy World of "Isms"; Essentialism; Reductionism; Relativism; Learning from History; Conclusion; References; Part II Opinions and Their Public; Chapter 4 Democracy (Re)Imagined

Testing the Theories of PoliticsThis Happens in a Democracy; Challenging Democracy; A New Constitution; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Bringing in the Public; The People's View; Speaking Together; Deliberation in Action; Why Deliberation?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 What We Can Learn; A Play of Ideas; The Factors in Formation; Informational Aspects; Meeting the Limits; What Can We Learn?; Conclusion; References; Part III Approaching Complexity; Chapter 7 Assumptions and Precautions; Assumptions and Theories; Incredible Certitude; Quotidian Certitudes; The Precautionary Principle

ConclusionReferences; Chapter 8 Into a New Paradigm; The Global Financial System; Paradigms; Complexity Research and Its Imprints; Debates, Paradigms, Innovations; Questions and Answers in Complexity Research; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9 Transformations; Catching Up; Navigating Change; Meta-Theory; Methodology; Practice; Transforming Governance; Transforming Discourse; Conclusion; References; Part IV Shifting Cultures; Chapter 10 Beyond Folklore; Individual Development; The Social Trajectory; Cultural Development; Gaining Ground; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11 Thinking Change

On TrivializationOpinions and Their Public; Approaching Complexity; Shifting Cultures; How Do You Know?; References; Glossary; Index