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The Control of Sociological Theory: In Praise of the Interregnum*

Sociological Inquiry, 1993
The argument advanced here contends that integrative efforts within sociology exacerbate, rather than mitigate, theoretical and organizational fragmentation. Viewing epistemologically driven movements towards theoretical control as counter‐ productive, this study contains a proposal for a greater analytical focus on ontology as a better way to promote ...
Bradley Nash, Mark Wardell
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What Factors Influence Control Over Work in the Journalism/Public Relations Dynamic? An Application of Theory From the Sociology of Occupations

Mass Communication and Society, 2007
This study applies theory from the sociology of professional control to the question, "What factors influence the power, or shifts in power, in the journalist/public relations practitioner dynamic?" A number of predictors of relative control over news coverage are assessed, including resources and proximity of source institutions, pluralism of power in
William Anderson, Wilson Lowrey
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Control Theories in Sociology

Annual Review of Sociology, 2007
Sociologists use negative feedback loop systems to explain identity processes, interpersonal behavior, crowd behavior, organizational behavior, social relationships, and the behavior of political systems. Control system models help us to understand how actors enact social roles with enough stability to preserve institutional arrangements, while still ...
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Sociological Theory and Social Control

American Journal of Sociology, 1975
In the origins of sociology, "social control" served as a central concept both for relating sociology to social philosophy and for analyzing total societies. In its classical sense, it referred to the capacity of a social group to regulate itself. The concept supplied a basis for integration of theory and research until the 1930s. While the traditional
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Sociology as theory of social control

Socioloski godisnjak, 2012
Starting from the discontinuity in the historical development of sociology, work analysis of naturalistic, sociologistic and symbolic habitus sociology, and shows how the idea of a healthy society is the fundamental spirit of the sociology of science.
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