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Informationen zum Autor Joel Best is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Among his many books are More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues (2004)! Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media! Politicians! and Activists (2001)! and Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims (1999)! all from UC Press. Klappentext "A literate! fast-moving! and engaging account of short-lived innovations in contemporary societies. Best is one of the few sociologists who actually has a sense of humor."-John Lofland! Professor Emeritus! sociology! University of California Davis "A well-written! effective! and surely needed examination of institutional fads that should find a wide audience."-Gary Alan Fine! co-author of Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America " Flavors of the Month is a marvelous antidote to the infectious bite of the fad bug! and should be required reading for all optimists who believe we can move towards perfection by adopting the latest 'breakthrough paradigm.' If enthusiasm for transforming your organization persists after reading this engaging book! then read it again. Repeat as often as necessary! or until irrational exuberance has dissipated."-Robert Birnbaum! author of Management Fads in Higher Education: Where They Come From! What They Do! Why They Fail Zusammenfassung Explores the range of institutional fads, analyzing the features of our culture that foster them, and identifying the major stages of the fad cycle - emerging, surging, and purging. This book examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. The Illusion of Diffusion 2. Why We Embrace Novelties: Conditions That Foster Institutional Fads 3. The Fad Cycle: Emerging 4. The Fad Cycle: Surging 5. The Fad Cycle: Purging 6. Fad Dynamics 7. Becoming Fad-Proof Notes References Index ...
