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Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Joel Best

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In "Everyone's a Winner," the acclaimed author of "Damned Lies and Statistics" shines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means.

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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.

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"Joel Best has a particular talent for making sociological ideas accessible to a broad audience. In Everyone's a Winner, Best cleverly and entertainingly examines what he calls our increasingly 'self-congratulatory' culture. While not every book is a winner, this one surely is."--David Grazian, author of Mix It Up: Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society

"Joel Best has an uncanny ability to identify wildly interesting phenomena and help us better understand their sociological dimensions. His latest excursion on self-congratulatory culture provides an insightful analysis of our incessant quest for constant recognition and its social consequences. The book is a joy to read."--Karen A. Cerulo, author of Never Saw It Coming: Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst

"Joel Best's lively prose and compelling examples paint a vivid portrait of the 'congratulatory culture' produced by the proliferation of awards, heroes, and rankings in modern America. Everyone's a Winner is a fascinating book, highly recommended for anyone interested in the status politics of contemporary society."--Michael Sauder, coeditor of Inequality and Society

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  • Title Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture
  • Author Joel Best
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley Calfornia
  • Publication date 2011-03
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520267169 / 0520267168
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.87 x 0.95 in (21.34 x 14.91 x 2.41 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs, United States - Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010034646
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305

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  • Choice, 07/01/2011, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/11/2011, Page 0

About the author

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.
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