Purpose, meaning, and action : control systems theories in sociology
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Purpose, meaning, and action : control systems theories in sociology
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
1st ed
Available at 10 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents of Works
- 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
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Control Systems Theory, a newly developing theoretical perspective, starts from an important insight into human behaviour: that people attempt to control the world around them as they perceive it. This book brings together for the first time the work of prominent sociologists contributing to the development of this wideranging theoretical paradigm.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Sociologists as Control-Systems Theorists
- T.J.Fararo & K.A.McClelland Introduction to Affect Control Theory
- C.A.Francis Sentiment Formation in Social Interaction
- D.R.Heise The Affect Control Theory of Emotions: The Case of Depression
- N.J.MacKinnon & M.Goulbourne The Interrelationships among Identity, Action, and Emotion
- L.Smith-Lovin & D.Robinson Guilty Americans and Shameful Japanese? An Affect Control Test of Benedict's Thesis
- H.W.Smith & Y.MiowLin Can You See What I See?
- P.Burke The Moral Identity: A Principle-Level Identity
- J.Stets & J.Smith A PCT-Based Theory of Collective Action
- C.McPhail & D.S.Schweingruber The Why, What, and How of Selling Door-to-Door: Levels of Purpose and Perception in a Sales Company
- D.S.Schweingruber A Perception-Control-Theory Account of Elementary Cooperative Action
- D.E.Miller & R.A.Hintz, Jr. The Ubiquity and Centrality of Social Processes of Control
- K.A.McClelland Steps Toward a Control Theory of Institutions
- T.J.Fararo & J.Skvoretz
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