Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
1st Edition
Published on 21. March 2012
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-0-415-51997-7 (ISBN)
Description
"It is simply too much" is a common complaint of the modern age. This book looks at how people and institutions deal with overflow - of information, consumption or choices. The essays explore the ways in which notions of overflow - framed in terms of excess and abundance or their implicit opposites, scarcity and dearth - crop up in a number of contexts such as sociological and economic theory, management consulting, consumer studies, and the politics of everyday life. Chapters range from studies of overload at home, at work or in the world of cyber information; strategies of coping with overflow in institutions such as news agencies; and historical comparisons. When, where, how and for whom is overflow a problem or a blessing?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 8 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 6 s/w Tabellen
6 Tables, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-51997-7 (9780415519977)
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Barbara Czarniawska | Orvar Loefgren
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
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Barbara Czarniawska | Orvar Loefgren
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
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Barbara Czarniawska | Orvar Loefgren
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
E-Book
08/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€67.49
Available for download
Persons
Orvar Loefgren is Professor Emeritus of European Ethnology at Lund University, Sweden.
Barbara Czarniawska is Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Barbara Czarniawska is Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Content
1. The Inherited Theories of Overflow and Their Challengers Orvar Loefgren and Barbara Czarniawska 2. Pompes Funebres and the Overflowing of Ostentatious Funerals Pascale Trompette 3. News Agencies: The Places Where Information Permanently Overflows Barbara Czarniawska 4: "In Datamatrix Veritas"? Managing Wine Flow and Information Overflow with a Two-Dimensional Barcode Franck Cochoy 5. Book Reviewing For Amazon.Com: How Socio-Technical Systems Struggle to Make Less from More Trevor Pinch 6. Scenes from a Marriage: Regulating Flows Between Work and Home Gideon Kunda 7. It's Simply Too Much! Coping with Domestic Overflow Orvar Loefgren 8. Cozy Friday: An Analysis of Family Togetherness and Ritual Overconsumption Helene Brembeck 9. Waste in Overflow Lynn Akesson 10. Afterword: Keep Calm and Carry On? The Economic History of Overflow Deirdre Nansen McCloskey