Informality: Social Theory and Contemporary Practice
Barbara Misztal
For most of the twentieth century, modernity has been characterised by the formalisation of social relations as face to face interactions are replaced by impersonal bureaucracy and finance. As we enter the new millennium, however, it becomes increasingly clear that it is only by stepping outside these formal structures that trust and co-operation can be created and social change achieved. In a brilliant theoretical tour de force, illustrated with sustained case studies of changing societies in the former eastern Europe and of changing forms of interaction within so-called virtual communities, Barbara Misztal, argues that only the society that achieves an appropriate balance between the informality and formality of interaction will find itself in a position to move forward to further democratisation and an improved quality of life.
년:
1999
출판사:
Routledge
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
0415156742
ISBN 13:
9780415156745
시리즈:
The International Library of Sociology
파일:
EPUB, 514 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1999