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Description for Why?
Paperback. Talking about the explanations we give and how we give them, this book looks at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. It explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
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 in several different ways, depending upon ... Read more
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 in several different ways, depending upon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
274g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691136486
SKU
V9780691136486
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About Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly (1929-2008) was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. His work focused on large-scale social change and its relationship to contentious politics, especially in Europe, since 1500. His many books include "The Politics of Collective Violence; Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000; Social Movements, 1768-2004; Economic and Political Contention in Comparative Perspective ", coedited ... Read more
Reviews for Why?
"In the tradition of the legendary sociologist Erving Goffman, Tilly seeks to decode the structure of everyday social interaction, and the result is a book that forces readers to reexamine everything from the way they talk to their children to the way they argue about politics."
Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker "[A] persuasive book... It is obvious that the cancer specialist talks ... Read more
Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker "[A] persuasive book... It is obvious that the cancer specialist talks ... Read more