Social Control & Social Change (Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - Hardcover

Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226742954 ISBN 13: 9780226742953

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1971

Synopsis

"Social Control and Social Change" is a unique and timely attempt to understand and elaborate the process of social control. An interdisciplinary study from the Center for Research on Social Behavior at Bowling Green University, this book develops some general theories of social control as it exists in human and nonhuman societies and indicates areas in which important new research can be done. The authors present not only theoretical discussions of the various aspects of control processes biological, political, psychological, social, and social-psychological but also include detailed research and indicate practical applications of the newer scientific perspectives of social control."

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An interdisciplinary study from the Center for Research on Social Behavior at Bowling Green University, this book develops some general theories of social control as it exists in human and nonhuman societies and indicates areas in which important new research can be done.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0226742954
• ISBN 13: 9780226742953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248