Basil Bernstein's theory of social control was the basis for this pioneer study. First published in 1973, the author's research was particularly important in that it made use of analytical methods which could measure numerically the manifestations of the 3 kinds of control - imperative, positional, personal - that Bernstein distinguished.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Professor Basil Bernstein. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Socialization and the Problem of Social Control. 1. The Enquiry: Perspective, Sample and Method 2. The Coding Grid: Theory and Operation 3. Social Class, Maternal and Child Control 4. Social Class, Linguistic Usage and Control 5. Patterns of Maternal and Child Control 6. Summary of Results. Appendix 1: The Coding Grid. Appendix 2: Examples of Coding and the Reliability Test. Appendix 3: Variance and Frequency Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Index.