Everyone's a winner [electronic resource] : life in our congratulatory culture / Joel Best.
2011
HN90.S6 B47 2011eb
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Title
Everyone's a winner [electronic resource] : life in our congratulatory culture / Joel Best.
Author
Best, Joel.
ISBN
9780520948488 (electronic bk.)
0520267168
9780520267169
0520267168
9780520267169
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (199 p.) : ill.
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HN90.S6 B47 2011eb
Summary
Looks at the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers its effects, including the tendency to split into ever more specific groups to enhance status.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Life in an era of status abundance
Prize proliferation
Honoring students
Everyday heroes
Ranking and rating
The significance of congratulatory culture.
Prize proliferation
Honoring students
Everyday heroes
Ranking and rating
The significance of congratulatory culture.