Why?

Name: Why?
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ISBN: 9780691136486

ISBN-10: 0691136483

ISBN-13: 9780691136486

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles Tilly

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Why?is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them--a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give. Tilly examines a number of different types of reason giving. For example, he shows how an air traffic controller would explain the near miss of two aircraft in several different ways, depending upon the intended audience: for an acquaintance at a cocktail party, he might…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.62" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Charles Tilly (1929-2008) was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. His books include "Why?" (Princeton) and "Democracy".



Preface



Why Give Reasons?



Conventions



Stories



Codes



Technical Accounts



Reconciling Reasons


References


Index