Introduction
Mass publication and academic life
Learning to write badly
Jargon, nouns and acronyms
Turning people into things
How to avoid saying who did it
Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis
Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating
Conclusion and recommendations.
Learn to write badly : how to succeed in the social sciences by Michael Billig. ISBN 9781107676985. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.