Total institutions and reinvented identities
By: Susie Scott
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230232013
Subjects: Public institutions; Power (Social sciences)
Description: "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 Reinventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Totally committed; title: Reinventive institutions; title: Religious and spiritual communities; title: Military camps; title: Secret societies and fraternities; title: Therapeutic clinics; title: Education and enrichment; title: Virtual institutions; title: Conclusion.