ISBN:
9780691136486
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9781400837786 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
217 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400837786
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Begründung
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Handlung
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Verhalten
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Urteilen
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Why? is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them--a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give. Tilly examines a number of different types of reason giving. For example, he shows how an air traffic controller would explain the near miss of two aircraft...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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