Sociology of Waiting - How Americans Wait

Informationen zum Autor Paul Christopher Price is associate professor of sociology at the Pasadena City College and author of Social Control at Opportunity Boys Home: How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates. Klappentext In Sociology of Waiting, Paul Christopher Price investigates how people wait and analyzes what individuals do while waiting. Shining the light on waiting permits a far superior understanding of order, first come-first serve, and how society organizes itself around taking turns. Waiting gets at our ability or inability to pause and consider others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1Structure of Waiting 2Waiting Places 3Wait Utilization 4Waiting for Service 5Wait Explanations 6Business of Waiting 7Waiting with Strangers 8Alternatives to Waiting 9Emotion and Waiting Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Paul Christopher Price
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793640710
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-071-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Urban communities