Matthew Motta

Anti-Scientific Americans (eBook, ePUB)

The Prevalence, Origins, and Political Consequences of Anti-Intellectualism in the US

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Anti-Scientific Americans, Matthew Motta offers new theoretical and data-driven insights into the prevalence, origins, and policy consequences of anti-intellectualism in the US. He brings together "micro-level" survey data from cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys spanning six decades, and aggregated "macro-level" data from hundreds of opinion polls dating back to the 1940s, to show that anti-intellectualism is both a pervasive and pernicious presence in American public life. A methodologically rigorous and empirically powerful account of one the most profound forces in American politics, this book will be of interest to scholars and students throughout the social sciences interested in why experts generate such resentment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197788837
• Artikelnr.: 72258771

Autorenporträt

Matthew Motta is an Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management at Boston University's School of Public Health. He is also affiliate faculty at Harvard University's Center for Health Communication and a Research Fellow at The Policy Lab (Brown University). Motta received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 2018 and studied the "Science of Science Communication" as postdoctoral fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Yale Law School. His research has been featured in outlets like The New York Times and Scientific American and is published in academic journals across the social and medical sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Anti-Scientific Americans?
Chapter Two: Nature and Origins
Chapter Three: Two Measures of Anti-Intellectualism
Chapter Four: The Prevalence of Anti-Intellectual Attitudes
Chapter Five: Origin Story: Part I
Chapter Six: Origin Story: Part II
Chapter Seven: Hofstadter's Forgotten Prediction
Chapter Eight: Policy Consequences
Chapter Nine: What's Next, Doc?
Appendix
References
Index