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Riker coined the term heresthetics to refer to the art of changing political outcomes without changing people's underlying preferences.
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Riker coined the term heresthetics to refer to the art of changing political outcomes without changing people's underlying preferences.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
whichbe commented on the word heresthetics
The framing of a debate or issue so that one is on the superior or winning side, or so that one’s choices are better-received by others. (Double-Tongued Dictionary)
May 18, 2008
erinmckean commented on the word heresthetics
Heresthetics involve "changing the space or the constraints on the voters in such a way that they are encouraged ... to move themselves to the advantage of the heresthetician." The politics of the international pricing of prescription drugs
December 28, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word heresthetics
A young word, dating from 1986 or so.
December 28, 2010