Identity Formation Agency and Culture

<p>The goal of <i>Identity Formation Agency and Culture</i> is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and sociological theory and research into a concise synthesis. This volume utilizes a vast interdisciplinary literature in a reader-friendly style. Playing the role of narrators the authors take readers through the most important theories and studies of self and identity focusing on pragmatic issues of identity formation--those things that matter most in people's lives. <br><br><i>Identity Formation Agency and Culture</i> is intended for identity-related researchers in the behavioral and social sciences as well as clinicians counselors and social workers dealing with identity-related disorders. It also serves as a main or supplemental text in advanced courses on identity identity and human development social development moral development personality the sociology of identity and the individual and society taught in departments of psychology sociology human development and family studies.</p>