Citizens Gone Wild

Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Hype and Glory

George Zilbergeld

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9780761842132
• Edition: 1

Citizens 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 contents

• Part I WHAT EVERYONE “KNOWS”
• Part II TWELVE WAYS TO BECOME YOUR OWN PUBLIC POLICY EXPERT
• Answers to What Everybody “Knows”
• Notes