ISBN:
9780520932357
,
0520932358
,
1423745523
,
9781423745525
,
1598759264
,
9781598759266
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 201 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Best, Joel Flavor of the month
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Fads Social aspects
;
Social institutions
;
Diffusion of innovations
;
Fads Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
;
Diffusion of innovations
;
Fads ; Social aspects
;
Social institutions
;
Modeverschijnselen
;
Innovatiediffusie
;
Instituties
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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