William Josiah Goode

WILLIAM JOSIAH GOODE

Goode
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The Celebration of Heroes: Prestige as a Social Control System.

" . . . [T]hree control factors . . . determine which social strata or classes exist in any society. Besides force and force threat, they are wealth and prestige."^1a*

" . . . [P]restige is the esteem, respect, or approval that is granted by an individual or a collectivity for performances or qualities they consider above the average."^1b*

"Much corporate activity aims at manipulating officials by bribes, gifts, and campaign contributions, so they will arrange for government purchases from a particular seller."^1c

" . . . [I]t is a condition of their trade that embezzlers must succeed in presenting themselves as law-abiding until they are found out. So must all white collar criminals."^1d

". . . [S]ubversion is especially tempting in an activity where there are few gatekeepers and these few have great influence. This is the situation in many professions."^1e

" . . . [A]nother type of subversion: robbing other of deserved esteem, and defaming them. This is often accomplished by unfairly labeling them – as criminals, juvenile delinquents, or deviants of some type."^1f

" . . . [T]oward the lower classes, a higher percentage of people believe the system is rigged. . .
" . . . [T]oward the upper social strata, more people have actually witnessed subversive behavior at those privileged levels than have outsiders."^1g

"The more responsible one is for the harmdoing, and the greater the harm done, the more likely one is to derogate the victim. . . If the victim is viewed as bad or incompetent in some way, then he or she “deserves” some of the misfortune, and little injustice was done."^1h

"When people threaten to take power from the hands of the privileged, the latter are more likely to hand out justice than when no such threat is made."¹ⁱ


	William J. Goode. The Celebration of Heroes: Prestige as a Social Control System. The Regents of the University of California, 1978. Berkeley, CA: University of California. SEARCH BUY IT

World Changes in Divorce Patterns.

William J. Goode. World Changes in Divorce Patterns. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993.
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* Italics in the original.

¹ William J. Goode (1917-2003). The Celebration of Heroes: Prestige as a Social Control System. The Regents of the University of California, 1978. Berkeley, CA: University of California.
^a 1. Social Control Through Prestige Processes, at 2-3.
^b Ibid., at 7.
^c 3. Market and Nonmarket Bases of Social Control, at 53.
^d 10. The Dynamics of Subversion, at 257.
^e 11. Structural Bases of Subversion, at 267.
^f Ibid., at 276.
^g Ibid., at 285-286.
^h 13. The Problem of Justice, at 365.
ⁱ Ibid., at 372.

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