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The Agrarian Myth Revisited: Findings from Cognitive Elicitations

This study helps advocates better understand how Americans think about rural issues - in order to make breakthroughs in raising public concern.
Author(s)
Axel Aubrun, Joseph Grady,
Published
October 8, 2003
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Rural issues seem to fall into the category of topics where Americans’ default patterns of reasoning prevent them from seeing and engaging with important facts. This report is intended to help advocates better understand those default patterns of reasoning, since without addressing them, advocates are unlikely to make breakthroughs in raising public concern.

Issues
Economic Justice Poverty
Countries
United States

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