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excellence
high achievement
honoring students
millennial generation
nonfiction
performance
pop psychology
pop science
popular culture
prizes
pursuit of perfection
rankings
recognition
self esteem
social commentary
social media
social networks
social status
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520267169
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians - of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read 'USA -Number 1.' Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from 'Academy Award winner!' to 'Best Neighborhood Pizza!' In "Everyone's a Winner", Joel Best - acclaimed author of "Damned Lies" and "Statistics" and many other books - shines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means. With humor and insight, Best argues that status affluence fosters social worlds and, in the process, helps give meaning to life in a large society.
Joel Best is Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware and the author of Damned Lies and Statistics, More Damned Lies and Statistics, Flavor of the Month, and Stat-Spotting, all from UC Press.
