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Charles Tilly’s Historical Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Dupuy   +10 more
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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

open access: closedMass 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

open access: closedAnnual 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 ...
Dawn T. Robinson
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Sociological Theory and Social Control

open access: closedAmerican 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
Morris Janowitz
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