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Sanction Situations and Sanction Interaction Concepts for Action Theory *
Author(s) -
COOKE Geoffrey
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1981.tb01024.x
Subject(s) - symbolic interactionism , action (physics) , ideal (ethics) , sociology , epistemology , interactionism , matrix (chemical analysis) , action theory (sociology) , link (geometry) , ideal type , computer science , mathematical economics , mathematics , social science , philosophy , physics , computer network , materials science , quantum mechanics , composite material
This paper proposes two analytical concepts that can be derived from and added to the theory of action. Using these concepts, a systematic exploration of the relationship between the pattern variables and the generalised media is given. A matrix of sanction situations generates four ideal‐types of sanction interaction in which actors' orientations are aligned and twelve with misaligned orientations. A link with the joint action of symbolic interactionism is suggested and the use of a more developed concept of interaction recommended.