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The Hinge - Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments (Hardcover)
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The Hinge - Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments (Hardcover)
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Most of the time, we believe our daily lives to be governed by
structures determined from above: laws that dictate our behavior,
companies that pay our wages, even climate patterns that determine
what we eat or where we live. In contrast, social organization is
often a feature of local organization. While those forces may seem
beyond individual grasp, we often come together in small
communities to change circumstances that would otherwise flatten
us. Challenging traditional sociological models of powerful forces,
in The Hinge, Gary Alan Fine emphasizes and describes those
meso-level collectives, the organizations that bridge our
individual interests and the larger structures that shape our
lives. Focusing on "tiny publics," he describes meso-level social
collectives as "hinges": groups that come together to pursue a
shared social goal, bridging the individual and the broader
society. Understanding these hinges, Fine argues, is crucial to
explaining how societies function, creating links between the
micro- and macro-orders of society. He draws on historical cases
and fieldwork to illustrate how these hinges work and how to
describe them. In The Hinge, Fine has given us powerful new
theoretical tools for understanding an essential part of our social
worlds.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2021 |
Authors: |
Gary Alan Fine
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-74552-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-226-74552-X |
Barcode: |
9780226745527 |
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