Social Control and Political Order: European Perspectives at the End of the Century / Edition 1

by Roberto Bergalli, Colin S Sumner

Overview

This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social control, and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe.

The contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and politics in both the Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world; they discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803975583
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/08/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Social Control - Colin Sumner
The History and Politics of a Central Concept in Anglo-American Sociology
The New Order in Spain and an Hispanic Perspective on the History and Meaning of Social Control - Roberto Bergalli
State and Social Control à la fin de siècle - Dario Melossi
From the New World to the Constitution of the New Europe
Controlling Social Panic - Massimo Pavarini
Questions and Answers about Security in Italy at the End of the Millennium
Social Control - Sebastian Scheerer and Henner Hess
A Defence and Reformulation
The Decline of Social Control and the Rise of Vocabularies of Struggle - Colin Sumner
Unsolved Mysteries and Unforeseen Futures of Social Control - Roberto Bergalli