Introduction : Control systems thinking in sociological theory / Thomas J. Fararo and Kent A. McClelland
Understanding collective control processes / Kent A. McClelland
Purposive collective action / Clark McPhail, David S. Schweingruber, and Alin Ceobanu
The why, what and how of selling door-to-door : levels of purpose and perception in a sales company / David S. Schweingruber
Institutionalized social action : control at the program level / Thomas J. Fararo and John Skvoretz
Introduction to affect control theory / Clare Anne Francis
Control theories of identity, action and emotion : in search of testable differences between affect control theory and identity control theory / Lynn Smith-Lovin and Dawn T. Robinson
Sentiment formation in social interaction / David R. Heise
Guilty Americans and shameful Japanese? An affect control test of Benedict's thesis / Herman W. Smith and Yap MiowLin
The affect control theory of emotions : the case of depression / Neil J. MacKinnon and Michelle M. Goulbourne
Perceptions of leadership in groups : an empirical test of identity control theory / Peter J. Burke
The moral identity : a principle level identity / Jan E. Stets and Michael J. Carter.
Purpose, meaning, and action : control systems theories in sociology. ISBN 9781403967985. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.