Isbn: 9780195129281 - institutional selves: troubled identities in a postmodern world (9 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Highlights the process of self construction in a variety of institutional settings that contend with social and personal troubles. From the victims and villains of television talk shows, to battered women in support groups, to the violent selves of prison inmates, this book illustrates how selves are informed and structured in today's world.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Highlights the process of self construction in a variety of institutional settings that contend with social and personal troubles. From the victims and villains of television talk shows, to battered women in support groups, to the violent selves of prison inmates, this book illustrates how selves are informed and structured in today's world.…

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Zustand: New. Print on Demand pp. 198.

Zustand: New. Print on Demand pp. 198.

Zustand: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 198.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Today, identities are created and selves are constructed in more organizational settings than ever before. Institutions large and small-from psychiatric hospitals, schools, and prisons to job clinics, counseling centers, and support groups-are virtually in the business of self construction. New institutions not only produce new forms of identity by presenting additional options for who and what we are but also place practical limits on the range of possible selveswe can be. Institutional Selves acknowledges the socially practical self we live by. It brings together nine distinctive chapters that collectively address the institutional construction oftroubled identities. From the victims and villains of television talk shows, to battered women in support groups, to the violent selves of prison inmates, this book illustrates how selves are organizationally informed and structured in institutional practice. The institutional construction of selves is an especially interesting issue as social problems, their causes, and their victims are endlessly reinterpreted by the various organizations devoted to helping resolve associated troubles. Thisbook deals with fundamental and complex issues in a well-illustrated, multi-faceted manner. It provides common vocabulary that offers students a consistent language for discussing the construction oftroubled identities. The style of the book is accessible and appropriate to a wide range of undergraduate students in sociology. The book neither "talks down" to the novice nor strains the patience of more experienced researchers. It can be used to lay the foundation for discussion of how the self is constructed in today's world by linking the social psychology of the self to the organizational processing of deviance and social problems. "Institutional Selves" highlights the process of self construction in a variety of institutional settings that contend with social and personal troubles. These organisations are virtually in the business of constructing the selves they need to do their work. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…