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Purpose, meaning, and action : control systems theories in sociology
- Title
- Purpose, meaning, and action : control systems theories in sociology / edited by Kent A. McClelland and Thomas J. Fararo.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HM661 .P87 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 332 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Control Systems Theory, a newly developing theoretical perspective in the field of sociology, starts from an important insight into human behavior: that people attempt to control the world around them as they perceive it. This volume brings together for the first time the work of all of the most prominent sociologists contributing to the development of this flexible and wide-ranging theoretical paradigm."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction : Control systems thinking in sociological theory / Thomas J. Fararo and Kent A. McClelland -- Understanding collective control processes / Kent A. McClelland -- Purposive collective action / Clark McPhail, David S. Schweingruber, and Alin Ceobanu -- The why, what and how of selling door-to-door : levels of purpose and perception in a sales company / David S. Schweingruber -- Institutionalized social action : control at the program level / Thomas J. Fararo and John Skvoretz -- Introduction to affect control theory / Clare Anne Francis -- Control theories of identity, action and emotion : in search of testable differences between affect control theory and identity control theory / Lynn Smith-Lovin and Dawn T. Robinson -- Sentiment formation in social interaction / David R. Heise -- Guilty Americans and shameful Japanese? An affect control test of Benedict's thesis / Herman W. Smith and Yap MiowLin -- The affect control theory of emotions : the case of depression / Neil J. MacKinnon and Michelle M. Goulbourne -- Perceptions of leadership in groups : an empirical test of identity control theory / Peter J. Burke -- The moral identity : a principle level identity / Jan E. Stets and Michael J. Carter.
- ISBN
- 1403967989
- 9781403967985
- LCCN
- 2006041774
- 9781403967985
- OCLC
- ocm64625025
- 64625025
- SCSB-8802294
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library