Installation Theory: The Societal Construction and Regulation of Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9781316502747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 529 str.

Saadi Lahlou

Opis

Installation Theory provides researchers and practitioners with a simple and powerful framework to analyse and change behaviour.

Recenzje

'Lahlou presents a bold and innovative theory of social stability and change. At the centre is a multi-level model analysing the opportunities and constraints on behaviour of the physical, institutional and psychological environments. The many implications for, and examples of, behaviour change remind me of Kurt Lewin's dictum 'there is nothing so practical as good theory'.' George Gaskell, London School of Economics and Political Science

Spis treści

1. Installation: a synthetic theory to explain how humans construct systems that support and format individual behaviour; 2. The problem of human action and the problem of social regulation: two sides of the same coin; 3. Theoretical frameworks grounding installation theory; 4. The structure of installations; 5. Endurance of installations: the reconstructive cycle of practice; 6. Selection mechanisms in societal evolution: two cases, science and industry; 7. The evolution of installations; 8. Redesigning installations to change behaviour; 9. Conclusion; 10. References cited.