Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities

2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-31241-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

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  and alongside articles about shyness, Erving Goffman, swimming and total institutions.