Generation, Discourse, and Social Change

by Karen R. Foster

Just what is a generation? And why, if at all, does it matter? This book asks what generation means to ordinary people, arguing that generation is real and it matters, but not in the ways that we think. Generations are not groups of people who can be categorized and attributed with static, immutable and universal characteristics, nor are they reducible to cohorts, as is the tendency in much social research. Rather, the book reveals generation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138952338
• ISBN13: 9781138952331
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"