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Joel Best explores the range of institutional fads, analyses the features of our culture that foster them, and identifies the major stages of the fad cycle: emerging, surging, and purging. He examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Best, Joel
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Sujets:
Social institutions.
Fads > Social aspects.
Diffusion of innovations.
Diffusion of Innovation
Institutions sociales.
Modes (Goûts collectifs) > Aspect social.
Innovations > Diffusion.
social institutions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Modeverschijnselen.
Innovatiediffusie.
Instituties.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:Joel Best explores the range of institutional fads, analyses the features of our culture that foster them, and identifies the major stages of the fad cycle: emerging, surging, and purging. He examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xi, 201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520932357
0520932358
1423745523
9781423745525
1598759264
9781598759266
9786612358913
6612358912

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