Reviews
"Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University "We are regularly invited (in some countries required) to make crucial decisions--mainly at elections when we can influence who rules for the next period but also, in some places at least, other aspects of society, as at referendums. So what information do we have when we approach those decisions? What information should we have? And what knowledge frameworks (theories? ideologies?) should we lodge and manipulate that information in--how do we use the information to best effect? Addressing those two questions is at the heart of Lupia's book: in order to be competent citizens what information and knowledge frameworks should "educators" ensure that we have, so that we can draw on relevant information when making a decision and use it to make reasoned decisions?" --H-Net Reviews "Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, political scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly change the temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once voters are hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine "In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science "Arthur Lupia poses a ground-breaking, accessible, passionate challenge to conventional wisdom in his book."-Mathhew Motta, University of Minnestoa, The University of Chicago Press Journals, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University "Lupia presents solutions to improve the interaction and communication strategies of those who would seek to improve citizens' political knowledge..." --Science "Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About Itpolitical scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly change the temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once voters are hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine "In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University "We are regularly invited (in some countries required) to make crucial decisions--mainly at elections when we can influence who rules for the next period but also, in some places at least, other aspects of society, as at referendums. So what information do we have when we approach those decisions? What information should we have? And what knowledge frameworks (theories? ideologies?) should we lodge and manipulate that information in--how do we use the information to best effect? Addressing those two questions is at the heart of Lupia's book: in order to be competent citizens what information and knowledge frameworks should "educators" ensure that we have, so that we can draw on relevant information when making a decision and use it to make reasoned decisions?" --H-Net Reviews "Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, political scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly change the temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once voters are hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine "In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University "Lupia presents solutions to improve the interaction and communication strategies of those who would seek to improve citizens' political knowledge..." --Science "Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, political scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly change the temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once voters are hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine "In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University"Lupia presents solutions to improve the interaction and communication strategies of those who would seek to improve citizens' political knowledge..." --Science "Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, ^lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, political scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly change the temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once voters are hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine "In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science, "Lupia has spent his professional lifetime mastering the art,the science, in his hands, of education in the broadest sense. He has much to offer and does so supremely. Uninformed is not only an excellent guide to educating people about politics, but also an instruction manual in pedagogy more broadly." --John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University"Lupia presents solutions to improve the interaction and communication strategies of those who would seek to improve citizens' political knowledge..." --Science"Why don't more voters come forward to support-or reject-new laws and regulations that would directly affect them? In his new book, lUninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, political scientist Arthur Lupia argues that it's a matter of education. And America's key influencers, he writes, should address this-by making things personal. Rather than focusing on how an environmental regulation might slightly changethe temperature on a polar ice cap, for example, Lupia contends that journalists, teachers and advocates should explain how it will save a local elementary school from ending up underwater. Once votersare hooked on a big-picture concept, it's easier to get them engaged with the details of a law, rule or regulation-and take informed action to help it pass, fail or evolve." --Time Magazine"In Uninformed, Lupia provides sightlines for educators to ... add new voices of reason, inflections of passion, and perhaps, murmurs of compromise to our political discourse." --Science
