{"product_id":"explaining-and-arguing-the-social-organization-of-accounts-9780803986053","title":"Explaining and Arguing: The Social Organization of Accounts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Antaki\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sage Publications UK\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications UK\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplanations identify causes, back up claims and justify actions. Social scientists study them because they reveal how people understand and construct their worlds. This stimulating book offers a critical review of the major approaches to the study of everyday explaining and arguing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing concrete examples to illuminate the range of contemporary approaches, Antaki′s concern is to test theory against practice. He draws a picture of explanation as a richly social achievement of speaker and audience, involving a balance between delicate manoeuvre and the exercise of discursive power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications UK","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46893386203287,"sku":"9780803986053","price":24624.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780803986053.webp?v=1770315863","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/explaining-and-arguing-the-social-organization-of-accounts-9780803986053","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}