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Total institutions and reinvented identities / Susie Scott

Scott, Susie, 1977-

Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

VIII, 280 S.

Englisch

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Totally Committed; Chapter 3 Reinventive Institutions; Chapter 4 Religious and Spiritual Communities; Chapter 5 Military Camps; Chapter 6 Secret Societies and Fraternities; Chapter 7 Therapeutic Clinics; Chapter 8 Education and Enrichment; Chapter 9 Virtual Institutions; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;

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Print version: Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities

978-0-230-23201-3

978-0-230-23201-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

978-0-230-34860-8 ( : 80 (NL))

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/10.1057/9780230348608

HV97.A3 .S488 2011

302.35 ; 361.7     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Consciousness

Consciousness ; Electronic books

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