NorbertAlter is a Professor of Sociology at Paris Dauphine University, France. He specialisesin the sociology of organisations and favours an empirically groundedunderstanding of the world of business and the social bonds that developthere.

• Introduction Chapter 1. The Mark of StigmatisationChapter 2. The Stranger's GazeChapter 3. Effort, Audacity and MoralityChapter 4. Close and Far AwayChapter 5. Passage and BrokeringChapter6. Being OneselfConclusionMethodological AnnexBibliography

NorbertAlter is a Professor of Sociology at Paris Dauphine University, France. He specialisesin the sociology of organisations and favours an empirically groundedunderstanding of the world of business and the social bonds that developthere.

• Introduction Chapter 1. The Mark of StigmatisationChapter 2. The Stranger's GazeChapter 3. Effort, Audacity and MoralityChapter 4. Close and Far AwayChapter 5. Passage and BrokeringChapter6. Being OneselfConclusionMethodological AnnexBibliography

NorbertAlter is a Professor of Sociology at Paris Dauphine University, France. He specialisesin the sociology of organisations and favours an empirically groundedunderstanding of the world of business and the social bonds that developthere.

• Introduction Chapter 1. The Mark of StigmatisationChapter 2. The Stranger's GazeChapter 3. Effort, Audacity and MoralityChapter 4. Close and Far AwayChapter 5. Passage and BrokeringChapter6. Being OneselfConclusionMethodological AnnexBibliography