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Life of the Party

A Study in Sociability, Community, and Social Inequality

by (author) Randle Nelsen

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Sep 2012
Category
General, General, Social Classes, Gender Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771130349
    Publish Date
    Sep 2012
    List Price
    $18.95

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From a family birthday celebration to football and NASCAR tailgates to the political protests of disenfranchised citizens, Life of the Party explores some of the social inequalities–class, race, and gender–that permeate the party atmosphere. Social unrest and dissatisfaction, as well as our continuous search for sociability and community, play an important part in the life of the party and illustrate the complicated interplay between social stability and social change.

About the author

Randle W. Nelsen has taught sociology in Canada and the United States for fifty years. He has written extensively on higher education, professionalism and bureaucratic work, and popular culture. He is the author of Fun & Games & Higher Education: The Lonely Crowd Revisited and Life of the Party: A Study in Sociability, Community, and Social Inequality.

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