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Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture [Elektronische Ressource] : A Social Psychological Synthesis

Cote, James E. ; Levine, Charles

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

268 p.

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978-0-8058-3795-7

CV 6500 MR 6800

 

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978-1-4106-1219-9

The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and sociological theory and research into a concise synthesis. This volume utilizes a vast, interdisciplinary literature in a reader-friendly style. Playing the role of narrators, the authors take readers thr...