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.
| ISBN: | 9780230232013 |
| Publication date: | 15th November 2011 |
| Author: | Susie Scott |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Identity Studies in the Social Sciences |
| Genres: |
Health psychology Philosophy of mind Medical sociology Sociology Anthropology Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality |
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.
Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities features in the following genres: Health psychology, Philosophy of mind, Medical sociology, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality
Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities is available in Hardback
Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities was written by Susie Scott and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Identity Studies in the Social Sciences series