Providing a clear, yet panoramic analysis of how the concept of social control has been used by different theoretical traditions in the social sciences, this book connects contemporary changes in areas such as policing, penal systems and surveillance, with wider and deeper changes in the constitution of society. It employs empirical examples to illustrate key conceptual points ...(展开全部)

The U.S. and the U.K. have become nations of stringent social control, from surveillance to curtailment of civil liberties. "The culture of control" charts the evolution of this approach to law and order.

The past 30 years have seen vast changes in our attitudes toward crime. More and more of us live in gated communities; prison populations have skyrocketed; and issues such as racial profiling, community policing, and "zero-tolerance" policies dominate the headlines. How is it that our response to crime and our sense of criminal justice has come to be so dramatically reconfigure...(展开全部)

A pathbreaking genealogy of queer theory that traces its roots to an unexpected source: sociological research on marginal communities in the era before Stonewall. The sociology of “social deviants” flourished in the United States at midcentury, studying the lives of outsiders such as homosexuals, Jews, disabled people, drug addicts, and political radicals. But in the following ...(展开全部)

A pathbreaking genealogy of queer theory that traces its roots to an unexpected source: sociological research on marginal communities in the era before Stonewall. The sociology of “social deviants” flourished in the United States at midcentury, studying the lives of outsiders such as homosexuals, Jews, disabled people, drug addicts, and political radicals. But in the following ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Bertrand Russell was renowned for his provocative views on education. Considered an educational innovator, Russell attempted to create the perfect learning institution. Despite the failure of this practical vision, it did not stop him from continuing to strive towards inventing and arguing for a system of education free from repression. In Education and the Social Ord...(展开全部)

What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this clear and engaging new book, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the deba...(展开全部)

What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this clear and engaging new book, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the deba...(展开全部)

贾森•安奈兹：阿伯特邓迪大学社会学系学科带头人，已出版多本有关家庭问题、性健康等方面的研究著作。亚历克斯•劳：阿伯特邓迪大学社会学系高级讲师，已出版《经典社会理论中的关键概念》等书。华莱士•麦克尼希：阿伯特邓迪大学社会学与行为科学项目带头人。