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The optimism gap : the I'm ok- they're not syndrome and the myth of American decline / David Whitman ; foreword by Christopher Jencks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitman, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Pessimism.
- Optimism.
- Social problems.
- Quality of life.
- United States.
- Quality of life--United States--Public opinion.
- Social problems--United States--Public opinion.
- Optimism--United States.
- Pessimism--United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-2020--Public opinion.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker and Company, 1998.
- Summary:
- Whitman's provocative and pithy book identifies and examines the most important and least comprehended aspect of public opinion in America today--the paradox of the "optimism gap".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802713343
- OCLC:
- 38890794
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