Generation, Discourse, and Social Change

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Social Psychology, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Karen R. Foster ISBN: 9781136662379
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Karen R. Foster
ISBN: 9781136662379
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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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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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