Societal Coordination by the Educated Minority
- 1 January 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Political Research, Organization and Design
- Vol. 3 (5) , 7-8
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000276426000300502
Abstract
The authors have performed field research on some of the problems of societal consensus posed by Louis Kriesberg in PROD III (September, 1959). They find that a high degree of consensus does not exist except on the most abstract principles concerning society and government, and this primarily among the highly educated. They suggest that apathy may be a functional adaptation of modern society to the absence of extended consensus, and that further research may indicate which groups among the educated minority are responsible for the coordination of society.Keywords
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