The problem of emotions in societies /

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Author / Creator:Turner, Jonathan H.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 73 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Framing 21st century social issues
Framing 21st century social issues.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12012735
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ISBN:9780203834251
0203834259
9781136165009
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9780415892070
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Like any other valued resource, emotions are distributed unequally. Moreover, emotions are a generalized resource because they give people the confidence, or lack of confidence, to secure additional types of resources. Thus, this distribution of emotions roughly corresponds to the shares of others kinds of resources that members of various social classes possess. The level of positive and negative emotional energy evident among members of different social classes has large consequences for the viability of human societies. When a large majority of members in diverse social classes have rese.
Other form:Print version: Turner, Jonathan H. Problem of emotions in societies. New York : Routledge, 2011 9780415892070