Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies (Routledge Advances in Sociology) - Softcover

 
9780415754514: Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
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ISBN 10: 0415754518 ISBN 13: 9780415754514
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

“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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About the Author

Orvar Löfgren 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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415754518
ISBN 13 
9780415754514
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200
Editor
Löfgren Orvar, Czarniawska Barbara

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