Managing overflow in affluent societies [electronic resource] / edited by Barbara Czarniawska and Orvar Láeofgren.

Contributor(s): Czarniawska-Joerges, Barbara | Láeofgren, OrvarMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge advances in sociology ; 70.Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012. Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 186 p. : illISBN: 9780203121047 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) | Technology -- Economic aspects | Technology -- Sociological aspects | Social change | Civilization, Modern -- 1950-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.

Contents:

1. The inherited theories of overflow and their challengers / Orvar Láeofgren and Barbara Czarniawska -- 2. Pompes funâaebres and the overflowing of ostentatious funerals / Pascale Trompette -- 3. News agencies : the places where information permanently flows / Barbara Czarniawska -- 4. "In datamatrix veritas?" : managing wine flow and information overflow with a two-dimensional barcode / Franck Cochoy -- 5. Book reviewing for Amazon.com : how socio-technical systems struggle to make less from more / Trevor Pinch -- 6. Scenes from a marriage : regulating flows between work and home / Gideon Kunda -- 7. It's simply too much! : coping with domestic overflow / Orvar Láeofgren -- 8. Cozy friday : an analysis of family togetherness and ritual overconsumption / Helene Brembeck -- 9. Waste in overflow / Lynn ãeAkesson -- 10. Afterword : keep calm and carry on? : the economic history of overflow / Deirdre Nansen McCloskey.

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