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A theory of social control.

Title
A theory of social control.
Author
LaPiere, Richard T. (Richard Tracy), 1899-1986.
Publication
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1954.

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Description
568 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
McGraw-Hill series in sociology
Uniform Title
McGraw-Hill series in sociology.
Alternative Title
Social control.
Subject
  • Sociology
  • sociology
  • Sociology
  • Soziale Kontrolle
  • Sociale controle
  • Theorie
  • Sociologia
  • Psicologia Social
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The problem and its setting -- The cultural basis of social control -- The components of behavior: personality, situation, and social control -- The dimensions of social status -- Status groups and their norms -- Status-group norms and values -- Status-group structure and dynamics -- Mocial control -- The techniques of social control. Basic processes -- Ideological -- Control in the status-group systems -- Social isolation -- Social ascendancy -- Autocratic control -- Democratic control -- Conquest: military and economic -- Conquest: cultural -- Social crisis, demoralization, and control.
ISBN
  • 007036365X
  • 9780070363656
LCCN
54006724
OCLC
  • ocm00838454
  • 838454
  • SCSB-512459
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library