Karen R. Foster

Generation, Discourse, and Social Change (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Just what is a generation? And why, if at all, does it matter? This book asks what generation means to ordinary people, arguing that generation is real and it matters, but not in the ways that we think. Generations are not groups of people who can be categorized and attributed with static, immutable and universal characteristics, nor are they reducible to cohorts, as is the tendency in much social research. Rather, the book reveals generation to be a social phenomenon and a mechanism of social change - as a constellation of ideas and discourses that explains what happens when ideas and ideals collide, and why some discourses flourish and take hold at particular times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136662300
• Artikelnr.: 40467740

Autorenporträt

Karen R. Foster is a Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow in Management at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Constructing Generation 2. Questions, Concepts, Data and
Methods 3. Generation as Discourse in Working Life Stories 4. Generational
Discourses and Relating to Work 5. Why Now? Explaining Generational
Discourses Around Work 6. Explaining Generation as Discourse 7. Conclusion:
Generation and Work As We Know It. Appendix 1.1: Respondents by Age and
Gender. Appendix 1.2: Demographics. Appendix 2.1: Interview Guide. Appendix
3.1: Recruitment Poster.