Identity Theory: Revised and Expanded (Paperback or Softback)

Burke, Peter J.

ISBN 10: 0197617190 / ISBN 13: 9780197617199

Published by Oxford University Press, USA 12/6/2022, 2022

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Identity Theory: Revised and Expanded.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identity Theory: Revised and Expanded (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 12/6/2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197617190
• ISBN 13: 9780197617199
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1.01 pounds
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

A much-needed and definitive synthesis and integration of the vast amount of work that has been produced on identity theory

About the Author

Peter J. Burke is Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division at the University of California at Riverside (UCR). He has served as Chair of the Department of Sociology at UCR Chair of the Department of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly. One of the originators of Identity Theory, his research draws on Complexity Theory, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Simulation to understand (1) how individuals, acting as agents with specific identities, come together in interaction to create groups, organizations and societies, and (2) how these social structures constrain and limit the kinds of actions that individuals can take. He has published over 90 research papers and 5 books. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He is past chair of the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Social Psychology and the ASA Section on Theory. He is the

winner of the 2003 ASA Cooley-Mead Award for Lifetime Contributions to Distinguished Scholarship in Social Psychology. He is the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation.

Jan E. Stets is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She has served as Co-Chair of the Department of Sociology at UCR, Director of the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation, and Co-Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly. She works in the areas of self and identity, emotions, and morality. She is the author of 10 books and over 100 papers. Her Sociology of Emotions (2005) has been translated into Japanese, Croatian, Polish, and Chinese. Her Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions (2007) received the 2008 Outstanding Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Emotions. She is a Fellow of the American

Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. She is past chair of the ASA Section on Emotions, the ASA Section on Social Psychology, and the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity. She is the 2020 ASA Cooley-Mead Award for Lifetime Contributions to Distinguished Scholarship in Social Psychology. She is the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation.