Organizing identity : persons and organizations 'after theory'

This book makes a significant contribution to cultural economic approaches to organizational and economic life. Specifically it offers both a survey of the field, as well as a practical guide to doing ′cultural economy′. The text, which builds upon du Gay′s earlier work, will engage with a range of...

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Main Author: Du Gay, Paul
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: London SAGE 2007
SAGE Publications, Limited
SAGE Publications Ltd
Edition:1
Subjects:
Cultural Studies (general)
Culture
Culture > Economic aspects
Group identity
Identity
Organizational Behavior
Social organization
Social structure
Social theory
Sociology of Culture
ISBN:1412900123, 9781412900126, 1412900115, 9781412900119
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Part 2 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Introduction: ‘Identity’ after ‘the Moment of Theory’ -- The Identity of Persons I -- The Identity of Persons II -- Which is the ‘Self’ in ‘Self-Interest’? -- Self-Service: Retail, Shopping and Personhood -- Re-Instating an Ethic of Bureaucratic Office: Office, Ethos and Persona in Public Management -- The Tyranny of the Epochal: Change, Epochalism and Organizational Casuistry -- The Trouble with ‘Governance’: State, Bureaucracy and Freedom