Goffman, the individual, institutions and stigmatisation

Alaszewski, A.; Manthorpe, J.; Goffman, E.

Nursing Times 91(37): 38-39

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762
PMID: 7567519
Document Number: 440793
In the fifth part of our series about sociology, the sociology of Erving Goffman is discussed, particularly in relation to his work on institutions. In contrast with earlier prominent sociological figures, Goffman's emphasis was on the individual rather than on grand-scale theories about social systems.

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