Generation, Discourse, and Social Change Contributor(s): Foster, Karen R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415817668 ISBN-13: 9780415817660 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Social Psychology - Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy |
Dewey: 303.4 |
LCCN: 2012036650 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.94 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Just what is a generation? And why, if at all, does it matter? This book asks what generation means to ordinary people, arguing that generation is real and it matters, but not in the ways that we think. Generations are not groups of people who can be categorized and attributed with static, immutable and universal characteristics, nor are they reducible to cohorts, as is the tendency in much social research. Rather, the book reveals generation to be a social phenomenon and a mechanism of social change - as a constellation of ideas and discourses that explains what happens when ideas and ideals collide, and why some discourses flourish and take hold at particular times. |