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One dimensional man

David Bell
- 01 May 1965 - 
- Vol. 6, Iss: 2, pp 17-20
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Social Work As The Privatized Solution of Public Ills

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the possibility that there exists a fundamental tension between the motivation which brings a person into social work as an occupation and certain aspects of our culture, and that this opposition finds some reflection in the relationship between social work's system of values and features of everyday life in urban-industrial society.
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Consumerism and its contradictions

Mica Nava
- 01 May 1987 - 
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Developing a Theory

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide the reader with enough background information to understand the complexities of the research project and provide a framework to help understand and analyze the concept of conscientization.
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A Critical Theory perspective on the pressures, contradictions and dilemmas faced by entry-level accounting academics

TL;DR: In this article, a study of the accounting academic labour market and workplace conditions is presented, focusing on the pressures, contradictions and dilemmas experienced by junior (Levels A and B) accounting academics at Australian universities.
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Competing Ideologies of Russia's Civil Society

TL;DR: The authors examined the complexity of Russia's civil society scene with reference to the interplay between the liberal opposition and conservative majority factions, arguing that such complexity stems from ideological value pluralism that falls far beyond the boundaries of the liberal consensus, often skewing our understanding of political practice.
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Staged Authenticity: arrangements of social space in tourist settings

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
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Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism

TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
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What is critical urban theory

Neil Brenner
- 01 Jun 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
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Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies

Mats Alvesson
- 19 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.