Total institutions and reinvented identities
Auteur :
Scott, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349312412
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2011
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.