Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

Scott, S.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-10-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230232013

DOI: 10.1057/9780230348608

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 280