Liars and outliers : enabling the trust that society needs to thrive /
By: Schneier, Bruce
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BookPublisher: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley, c2012.Description: xiv, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781118143308 (trade); 1118143302 (trade)Other title: Liars & outliers.Subject(s): Trust -- Social aspects | Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects | Social interaction | Social stability | Trust -- Social aspects | Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects | Social psychology | SociologyDDC classification: 302/.14 Online resources: Location Map
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Argues that society requires trust in order to function, describes how society creates and maintains that trust through societal pressures, and discusses what happens when those pressures fail.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 302.14 SC LI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0048879 |
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| 302.13 OX FO The Oxford handbook of social influence | 302.130285 HA ND Handbook of computational social choice | 302.14 ME EC The economics of non-selfish behaviour : | 302.14 SC LI Liars and outliers : | 302.14 TR PR Predatory thinking : | 302.1402 NE CH Chicken soup for the soul : | 302.17 MO GE The geopolitics of emotion : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-346) and index.
Argues that society requires trust in order to function, describes how society creates and maintains that trust through societal pressures, and discusses what happens when those pressures fail.
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