Scott Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities

2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-34860-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

Why do people enter total institutions – places that confine and control them around the clock – and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements  Introduction Totally Committed Re-Inventive Institutions Religious and Spiritual Communities Military Camps Secret Societies and Fraternities Therapeutic Clinics Education and Enrichment Virtual Institutions Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SUSIE SCOTT is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Shyness and Society  and Making Sense of Everyday Life, alongside articles about shyness, Erving Goffman, swimming and total institutions.