TY - GEN T1 - Flavor of the month : why smart people fall for fads A1 - Best, Joel LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm62864227 AB - Joel Best explores the range of institutional fads, analyses the features of our culture that foster them, and identifies the major stages of the fad cycle: emerging, surging, and purging. He examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions. OP - 201 CN - HM826b.B47 2006eb SN - 9780520932357 SN - 0520932358 SN - 1423745523 SN - 9781423745525 SN - 1598759264 SN - 9781598759266 SN - 9786612358913 SN - 6612358912 SN - 9780520246263 SN - 0520246268 SN - 128235891X SN - 9781282358911 KW - Social institutions. KW - Fads : Social aspects. KW - Diffusion of innovations. KW - Diffusion of Innovation KW - Institutions sociales. KW - Modes (Goûts collectifs) : Aspect social. KW - Innovations : Diffusion. KW - social institutions. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : General. KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Fads : Social aspects KW - Social institutions KW - Modeverschijnselen. KW - Innovatiediffusie. KW - Instituties. ER -