Credit and Blame

"In this book Charles Tilly brilliantly continues his mission of demonstrating how relational sociology can reveal the elemental principles underlying the complexity of human social life. This book demonstrates why Tilly will be known as the founding father of twenty-first century sociology. With his trademark clarity of exposition and synthesis, he lays bare the simple central mechanisms of social interaction."--Adam Ashforth, author of "Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa"
"An utterly charming and systematically insightful book about pervasive processes in everyday life, and an amazing romp from Raskolnikov to Sacr Coeur--by way of Jack Welch, witchcraft, the Ford Explorer, Bolivian festivals, the Academy Awards, the Nobel Prize, Philip Roth's "Everyman," sex discrimination at Wal-Mart, "The Mikado," and more. I had not thought about credit and blame in the least bit systematic way before reading this book."--Lynn Eden, author of "Whole World on Fire"