Inquiry and change : the troubled attempt to understand and shape society
Lindblom examines how ordinary citizens in a democratic society go about gathering facts and grapple with social and political problems. He contends that ignorance, peer pressure, illiteracy and the use of media for propaganda purposes deter most citizens from the kinds of inquiry necessary for rational problem-solving. Lindblom argues that every concept of the public welfare favors some groups over others, and criticizes massive public apathy, the restricted flow of information, and social scientists who pretend to be neutral. ISBN 0-300-04794-0; $29.95
Print Book, English, ©1990
Yale University Press, New Haven [Conn.], ©1990
xii, 314 pages ; 25 cm
9780300047943, 9780300056679, 0300047940, 0300056672
21591940
Knowledge and social problems
Volitions
Probing
Inquiry, imposition, and partisanship
Impaired probing
Elite and other advantaged sources of impairing influences
Contemporary elites
Convergences as evidence of impairment
What can social scientists do?
Professional dependence on lay probing
Professional help for lay probing
Professional impairment
Scientific society and self-guiding society
Multiplism, pluralism, and mutual adjustment
Some questions about professional inquiry for a self-guiding society
Reducing impairment