A sociology of the total organization atomistic unity in the French Foreign Legion
Towards a sociology of the total organizationBelonging to the Legion -- Formal rank, status, and the web of ties -- Blending relational expectations -- Sources of knowledge -- Enforcement and exclusion -- The dynamics of organization, institution, and networks -- Appendix A: Integrating fieldwork ex...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Farnham, Burlington
Ashgate
2015
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| Schriftenreihe: | Classical and contemporary social theory
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Towards a sociology of the total organizationBelonging to the Legion -- Formal rank, status, and the web of ties -- Blending relational expectations -- Sources of knowledge -- Enforcement and exclusion -- The dynamics of organization, institution, and networks -- Appendix A: Integrating fieldwork experiences into analytical themes -- Appendix B: List of formal ranks. "Examining the organization of everyday life inside the regiments of the French Foreign Legion, this book takes its theoretical point of departure in the notion of the voluntary total organization; that is to say, an institution that constitutes a geographically delimited place of residence and work in which inmates are voluntarily separated from the outside world, leading an enclosed, formally administered life. Informed by a modified version of Goffman's original concept of the total organization, A Sociology of the Total Organization : Atomistic Unity in the French Foreign Legion sociologically untangles the Foreign Legion and the ways in which different kinds of social orders interplay there"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 244 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781472455604 978-1-4724-5560-4 |