Purpose, Meaning, and Action

Introduction: Sociologists as Control-Systems Theorists; T.J.Fararo & K.A.McClelland Introduction to Affect Control Theory; C.A.Francis Sentiment Formation in Social Interaction; D.R.Heise The Affect Control Theory of Emotions: The Case of Depression; N.J.MacKinnon & M.Goulbourne The Interrelationships among Identity, Action, and Emotion; L.Smith-Lovin & D.Robinson Guilty Americans and Shameful Japanese? An Affect Control Test of Benedict's Thesis; H.W.Smith & Y.MiowLin Can You See What I See?; P.Burke The Moral Identity: A Principle-Level Identity; J.Stets & J.Smith A PCT-Based Theory of Collective Action; C.McPhail & D.S.Schweingruber The Why, What, and How of Selling Door-to-Door: Levels of Purpose and Perception in a Sales Company; D.S.Schweingruber A Perception-Control-Theory Account of Elementary Cooperative Action; D.E.Miller & R.A.Hintz, Jr. The Ubiquity and Centrality of Social Processes of Control; K.A.McClelland Steps Toward a Control Theory of Institutions; T.J.Fararo & J.Skvoretz