The Hinge: Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments Tapa blanda - 2021

Paperback / softback. New. Most of the time, we believe our daily lives to be governed by structures determined from above: laws that dictate our behavior, companies that pay our wages, even climate patterns that determine what we eat or where we live. In contrast, social organization is often a feature of local organization. While those forces may seem beyond individual grasp, we often come together in small communities to change circumstances that would otherwise flatten us. Challenging traditional sociological models of powerful forces, in <i>The Hinge</i>, Gary Alan Fine emphasizes and describes those meso-level collectives, the organizations that bridge our individual interests and the larger structures that shape our lives. Focusing on “tiny publics,” he describes meso-level social collectives as “hinges”: groups that come together to pursue a shared social goal, bridging the individual and the broader society.… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2021. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 2021-02-04. Paperback. Used: Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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