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  • A THEORY ABOUT CONTROL
    JACK P. GIBBS
    Moving beyond his 1989 book, Control: Sociology's Central Notion, Jack Gibbs develops in this new book a comprehensive theory of control in all its biological, technological, and human dimensions. His treatment goes beyond conventional ideas about social control to show why self-control and proximate control are essential to understanding human interaction. He also argues that ...

    $1,200.00

  • SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
    SHELDON EKLAND-OLSON / JACK P. GIBBS
    Science and Sociology is from beginning to end an exploration of what this implies for the social sciences, and sociology in particular. The authors argue that over the last several decades, sociology has become less a science and more a quest for isolated assessments of situations, whether they come from demographic analyses, survey research, or ethnographic studies. Above all...

    $1,120.00

  • COLOSSAL CONTROL FAILURES
    JACK P. GIBBS
    This fascinating book analyzes 13 control failures in human history, from Robespierre's promotion of the French Revolution, to Hoover's efforts to stop the Great Depression, to the intelligence failures of 9/11. Assessing the causes of 10 additional historical cases, the author's comparative analysis shows how each leadership failure was caused by an expansion of the range of ...

    $1,560.00