Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Applied Psychology, Medical, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: S. Scott ISBN: 9780230348608
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: October 27, 2011
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: S. Scott
ISBN: 9780230348608
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: October 27, 2011
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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.

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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.

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