Understanding Everyday Incivility
Why Are They So Rude?- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2017
Summary
Understanding Everyday Incivility delves into the day-to-day annoying behaviors that color our interactions with other people, such as the use of crude language in public, family members who claim that they’re “just teasing” and we’re “too sensitive,” coworkers who constantly interrupt us, and inflammatory remarks posted on social media sites.
Shelley D. Lane explores what is considered uncivil behavior, why we label some acts as crude or selfish while others are deemed polite and proper, and how these labels often change from one context to the next. She highlights the power dynamics at play in our interactions and explains how “rude” behavior can sometimes be beneficial—and “polite” behavior can be detrimental. Rather than a simplistic manual of manners, Lane provides the tools to understand everyday incivility and strategies for responding effectively and appropriately.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2017
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-6185-3
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-6186-0
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 248
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Foreword No access
- 1 Introduction to Everyday Incivility No access
- 2 Characterizing Everyday Incivility No access
- 3 Influences on Everyday Incivility No access
- 4 The Good, the Bad, and the Virtue of Civility No access
- 5 Power and Everyday Incivility No access
- 6 Everyday Incivility at Work No access
- 7 Everyday Incivility Online No access
- 8 Everyday Incivility at Home No access
- 9 Promoting Everyday Civility No access
- Notes No access Pages 203 - 238
- Index No access Pages 239 - 248





