In this scathing book, the author produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process…
"How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? Michael Tomz sheds new light on this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. Tomz develops a reputational theory of cooperation between sovereign governments and fore…
"How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? Michael Tomz sheds new light on this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. Tomz develops a reputational theory of cooperation between sovereign governments and fore…
"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous …
"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous …
Making Prestigious Places investigates the spatial dimension of luxury, both as a sector involving activities, operators and investments, and as a system of values acting as a catalyst for recent urban transformations. Luxury shares a well-established connection to the city, as …
The transparency of transparency measures -- Accountability by the numbers -- 0L : how prospective law students use rankings -- Rankings and admissions -- Rankings at the top : inside the dean's office -- Career services and employment -- Rankings everywhere.
"Students and the public routinely consult various published college rankings to assess the quality of colleges and universities and easily compare different schools. In Engines of Anxiety, sociologists Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder delve deep into the mechanisms of law scho…
American government is in the midst of a reputation crisis. An overwhelming majority of citizens - Republicans and Democrats alike - hold negative perceptions of the government and believe it is wasteful, inefficient, and doing a generally poor job managing public programs and p…
Die Sozialstruktur der Hallstattkultur wurde viel diskutiert, wobei vor allem die Frage nach Big-Man-Systemen, Häuptlingstümern oder Erbaristokratien im Mittelpunkt stand, während Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Identifikation von Statussymbolen und Prestigegütern vernachlässigt w…
