IDENTITY STAKES, MANHOOD ACTS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Studies in Symbolic Interaction
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1186-6, eISBN: 978-1-84950-332-7
Publication date: 17 October 2005
Abstract
By the term “identity stakes” I mean all the side bets (Becker, 1960) that ride on being able to convince an audience that we are who and what we claim to be. These stakes are both material and psychic. Getting a monthly paycheck from my university depends on having convinced a host of people in that organization that I am indeed Michael Schwalbe, professor of sociology. Many more side bets ride on getting that check every month.
Citation
Schwalbe, M. (2005), "IDENTITY STAKES, MANHOOD ACTS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY", Denzin, N.K. (Ed.) Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-2396(04)28010-3
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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