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Communism, Conformity, and Civil Liberties : a Cross-section of the Nation Speaks Its Mind by Samuel A. Stouffer; with a new introduction by James A. Davis is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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If there is a-"desert island" book in the conduct of social research, it is arguably this book. Whether in terms of sociological structures or psychological nuances, Communism, Conformity, and Civil Liberties, originally published in 1955, is a recognized landmark. Stouffer helped strengthen the fundamental liberties of all Americans by showing dangerous consequences of efforts to thwart a perceived Communist conspiracy, including some of the very real liberties that can be destroyed in the process of a witch-hunt. Stouffer explores attitudes of Americans against a backdrop of a history of intolerance that dates back to the Know-Nothing party before the Civil War and extending through the Ku Klux Klan after World War I. The overall results show a markedly strong relationship between perception of high national risk and personal intolerance of differences, and also the perception of threat and tolerance that operates as a predisposing tendency that affects judgments about specific political movements and events. Stouffer enriches the sense and meaning of survey research by emphasizing patterns of percentages rather than actual amounts; survey craftsmanship; the use of paired sampl

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Author

Samuel A. Stouffer; with a new introduction by James A. Davis

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315080895

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences