A theory about control
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Word Count
97,250 words, Guess
Page Count
389 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1091870M
- ISBN-10081332243X
- OCLC Control Number30319312
- OCLC Control Numbertheoryaboutcontr0000gibb
- Library of Congress Control Number94016170
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- Goodreads4869653
Classifications
- DDC301/.01
- LCCHM24 .G445 1994
Description
Moving beyond his 1989 book, Control: Sociology's Central Notion, Jack Gibbs develops in this new book a comprehensive theory of control in all its biological, technological, and human dimensions. His treatment goes beyond conventional ideas about social control to show why self-control and proximate control are essential to understanding human interaction. He also argues that thinking of control in terms of the counteraction of deviance is insufficient. Tests of Gibbs's control theory, based on data from sixty-six countries, add credence to his claim that control could be the central nation for sociology and perhaps for other social sciences.
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