Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens by Arora-Jonsson, Stefan

Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780192898012)

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Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens by Arora-Jonsson, Stefan

Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens

$90.00
Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens by Arora-Jonsson, Stefan

Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens

$90.00
Format: Hardcover
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One of the predominant trends of modern society is the pervasive presence of competition. No longer just a function of economic markets or democratic systems, competition has become a favoured tool for governing people and organizations, from the provision of schooling and elder care to the way we consume popular culture. Yet social scientists have played a surprisingly modest role in analysing its implications, as the discussion of competition has largely been confined to its narrow economic meaning.

This book opens up competition for the study of social scientists. Its central message is that while competition seems ubiquitous, it should not be taken for granted or be naturalized as an inevitable aspect of human existence. Its emergence, maintenance, and change are based on institutions and organizational efforts, and a central challenge for social science is to learn more about these processes and their outcomes.

With the use of a novel definition of competition, more fundamental questions can be addressed than merely whether or not competition works. How is competition constructed - and by whom? Which behaviours result from competition? What are its consequences? Can competition be removed? And, how do these factors vary with the object of competition - be it money, attention, status, or other scarce and desired objects? This book investigates these and more questions in studies of competition among and within schools, universities, multinational corporations, auditors, waste-disposal firms, fashion designers, and more.

Author: Stefan Arora-Jonsson
ISBN-10: 0192898019
ISBN-13: 9780192898012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2021
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 6.70h x 7.20w x 0.80d
By Stefan Arora-Jonsson
By Stefan Arora-Jonsson
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Stefan Arora-Jonsson, Chair in Organization and Society, Uppsala University, Nils Brunsson, Professor of Management, Uppsala University, Raimund Hasse, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Institute for Sociology, University of Lucerne, Katarina Lagerstr, Associate Professor in Business Studies, Uppsala University

Stefan Arora-Jonsson is Chair in Organization and Society at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Nils Brunsson is Professor of Management affiliated with Uppsala University and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE), Sweden.

Raimund Hasse is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Institute for Sociology at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Katarina Lagerstr is Associate Professor in Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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