Expressive Order Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions
Expressive Order introduces affect control theory to lay readers of sociology, and additionally guides sociology specialists into the theory's deep structure. Briefly, affect control theory proposes that individuals shape their social interactions so that
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David R. Heise
Expressive Order Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions
David R. Heise Department of Sociology Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 USA [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933298 ISBN-10: 0-387-38177-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-38177-0
e-ISBN-10: 0-387-38179-1 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-38179-4
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To my dear wife, Elsa Lewis.
Preface
My first goal for this book is to provide a lasting sourcebook for researchers and scholars working with affect control theory. My second goal is to provide an accessible introduction to affect control theory for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The book addresses these two very different goals with an unusual structure. Part 1 communicates affect control theory conversationally, in words enriched with some figures and tables. The informal presentation foregoes scholarly exegeses and empirical data analyses, in favor of declarative statements of the theory’s arguments, with everyday examples. A wide range of readers—including undergraduates in and out of the social sciences—should find the verbal presentation intelligible. Part 2 presents the theory again, this time as a formal model. The mathematical formulation progresses step by step, from assumptions to derived propositions. Comprehension of the model is enhanced by a chapter that presents numerical examples and a chapter that discusses programming of the computer simulation program that implements the model. This formalization of the theory provides a level of definiteness and precision exceptional in sociology, allowing scholars and researchers in the social sciences to gain understanding of the theory’s assumptions and propositions. Part 3 of the book provides some resources for those interested in working with the theory—an overview of the theory’s development and specialties, a description of the computer simulation program that can be used to design studies, and a glossary of terms. Herman Smith read a draft of Part 1 and offered many useful suggestions, for which I am grateful. I also thank Lynn Smith-Lovin, Dawn Robinson, Neil MacKinnon, and Linda Francis for providing information used in Part 3. David R. Heise
Contents
Part I
Affect Control Theory, Pla
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