Description
Book SynopsisCitizens Gone Wild is a practical step-by-step guide for anyone interested in thinking for themselves. In this breakthrough book, author George Zilbergeld identifies, explains, and demonstrates twelve specific methods of analysis that anyone can use for critical thinking and decision making. As readers learn these methods they will also be learning skills useful in any profession and will gain the confidence to confront experts in any field. The methods presented here are easy to learn, powerful, and intuitive enough that using them will instantly instill the confidence needed to speak up. Tested over a period of twenty-five years, these methods have been used in a variety of classes and civic groups for professors, teachers, and activist citizens. Citizens Gone Wild can play an important role in empowering students and citizens by providing them with the right methods to think, decide, and speak-up for themselves.
Table of ContentsPart 1 What Everyone "Knows" Part 2 Twelve Ways to Become Your Own Public Policy Expert Chapter 3 Introduction: The Methods Chapter 4 1. Facts Chapter 5 2. Comparative Analysis Chapter 6 3. Opposing Views Chapter 7 4. Personal Experience Chapter 8 5. The Numbers Chapter 9 6. History Chapter 10 7. Double Standards Chapter 11 8. The Media Chapter 12 9. Solutions or Trade-offs? Chapter 13 10. Apples and Oranges Chapter 14 11. Language Chapter 15 12. Inputs or Outputs? Chapter 16 Appendix: Considering the Source Chapter 17 Answers to What Everyone "Knows"
