David R Rudy
Biographic Data
| ID | 197984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David R Rudy |
| GIVEN NAMES | David R |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudy |
| SIGNATURE | RUDY D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Morehead State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Societal Response and the Moral Regulation of Public-Space Drinking
These articles on (Torronen and Karlsson) and social control (Wacklin) of public space are broadly cast so that drinking and its control are framed and seen as representative (symbolic) of broader ideologies about the nature of responsible and appropriate behavior in public and private life. This approach is consistent with the classic work of Joseph Gusfield ( 1963, 1981) that views the consequences of temperance campaigns, policy initiatives, a…
Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems
Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, a collection edited James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy, includes 14 clearly written articles that exemplify the best of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological, and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use, and related problems such as domestic violence, crime, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. A general introducti…
Social science books of the month
Beware the First Drink! The Washington Temperance Movement and Alcoholics Anonymous
The Other Half: Wives of Alcoholics and Their Social-Psychological Situation
Transforming Identities: Context, Power and Ideology in a Therapeutic Community
Contents: Addict rehabilitation - Personal and social identity - Symbolic anthropology - Therapeutic communities - Drugs and alcohol - Context
Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies
A Fallen Angel: The Status Insularity of the Female Alcoholic
Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease
Ethics and Values in Applied Social Research
Introduction An Overview of Ethical Problems in Social Research Ethical Standards and Guidelines for Social Research Methodological Issues and Dilemmas Confidentiality and the Right to Privacy Special Problems in Applied Settings Attitudes and Value Commitments Conclusions and Recommendations
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religious Organization: Meditations on Marginality
Analogies between the stTuCture, activities, dynamics, and ideology of A.A. and those of religious organizations areapparent, but A.A. literature and A.A. members deny that A.A. is a religious organization. Based on a reviewof A.A. literature on A.A. and on participant observation research, we argue thatboththe religious features of A.A. and thedenial of A.A. 's religious natureare integral to the stTuCture and functioning of the organization. Cl…
The Social Transformation of Alcohol Treatment
Taking the Pledge: The Commitment Process in Alcoholics Anonymous
Drawing from the writings of Becker, Kanter and others, an investment model of the process of commitment to an organization is developed. The commitment process can be described as a funnel wherein commitment demands are gradually escalated as people invest more and more of their resources in the line of action sponsored by the organization. The utility of this model is illustrated through an analysis, based on observational data, of the commitme…
Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism
Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous parallels religious conversion, according to David R. Rudy in this timely study of the most famous self-help organization in the world.Drinkers who commit themselves to Alcoholics Anonymous embrace the radically different life-style, the altered world of the convert.To understand this conversion and, more important, to get a grip on the even deeper mystery of alcoholism itself, Rudy sought to answer these thr…
What Have We Learned from Process Models of Conversion? An Examination of Ten Case Studies
Many attempts to understand the conversion process have been guided by Lofland and Stark's (1965) "process-mode." We examine ten case studies of the conversion process in diverse groups in order to specify the conditions under which the Lofland-Stark model applies. Several components of the model are rejected for conceptual reasons. Other components are to be found in some types of groups but not in others. Only "formation of affective bonds with…
Social Cocoons: Encapsulation and Identity Transformation Organizations
The transformation of personal identities is an implicit or explicit goal of many organizations, including 'new' religious movements, self-help groups, 'deprogramming' enterprises, rehabilitation programs, and others. This essay describes and accounts for one important structural feature of identity transformation organizations (ITOs): encapsulation. Three types of encapsulation are described-physical, social, and ideological-and reasons why diff…
Conversion to the world view of Alcoholics Anonymous: A refinement of conversion theory
Slipping and sobriety; the functions of drinking in Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A. groups create pressures and provide expectations that encourage some members to resume drinking. Members' responses to these relapses contribute to group solidarity and strengthen the boundaries between the norms of sobriety and deviant behavior
Loss Not Need: The Ethics of Relief Giving in Natural Disasters
The social ethics of relief giving (the bases on which relief ought to be given) in natural disaster situations are explored through a case study of public reactions to Red Cross activities. Red Cross policies and public reactions to them are reviewed, and survey data pertaining to attitudes toward the Red Cross and toward relief giving in natural disasters of residents of a western New York county are presented. Specifically, public satisfaction…
Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution
Conversion to the world view of Alcoholics Anonymous: A refinement of conversion theory
Social Cocoons: Encapsulation and Identity Transformation Organizations
The transformation of personal identities is an implicit or explicit goal of many organizations, including 'new' religious movements, self-help groups, 'deprogramming' enterprises, rehabilitation programs, and others. This essay describes and accounts for one important structural feature of identity transformation organizations (ITOs): encapsulation. Three types of encapsulation are described-physical, social, and ideological-and reasons why diff…
What Have We Learned from Process Models of Conversion? An Examination of Ten Case Studies
Many attempts to understand the conversion process have been guided by Lofland and Stark's (1965) "process-mode." We examine ten case studies of the conversion process in diverse groups in order to specify the conditions under which the Lofland-Stark model applies. Several components of the model are rejected for conceptual reasons. Other components are to be found in some types of groups but not in others. Only "formation of affective bonds with…
Taking the Pledge: The Commitment Process in Alcoholics Anonymous
Drawing from the writings of Becker, Kanter and others, an investment model of the process of commitment to an organization is developed. The commitment process can be described as a funnel wherein commitment demands are gradually escalated as people invest more and more of their resources in the line of action sponsored by the organization. The utility of this model is illustrated through an analysis, based on observational data, of the commitme…
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religious Organization: Meditations on Marginality
Analogies between the stTuCture, activities, dynamics, and ideology of A.A. and those of religious organizations areapparent, but A.A. literature and A.A. members deny that A.A. is a religious organization. Based on a reviewof A.A. literature on A.A. and on participant observation research, we argue thatboththe religious features of A.A. and thedenial of A.A. 's religious natureare integral to the stTuCture and functioning of the organization. Cl…
Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution
Slipping and sobriety; the functions of drinking in Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A. groups create pressures and provide expectations that encourage some members to resume drinking. Members' responses to these relapses contribute to group solidarity and strengthen the boundaries between the norms of sobriety and deviant behavior
Loss Not Need: The Ethics of Relief Giving in Natural Disasters
The social ethics of relief giving (the bases on which relief ought to be given) in natural disaster situations are explored through a case study of public reactions to Red Cross activities. Red Cross policies and public reactions to them are reviewed, and survey data pertaining to attitudes toward the Red Cross and toward relief giving in natural disasters of residents of a western New York county are presented. Specifically, public satisfaction…
Conversion to the world view of Alcoholics Anonymous: A refinement of conversion theory
What Have We Learned from Process Models of Conversion? An Examination of Ten Case Studies
Many attempts to understand the conversion process have been guided by Lofland and Stark's (1965) "process-mode." We examine ten case studies of the conversion process in diverse groups in order to specify the conditions under which the Lofland-Stark model applies. Several components of the model are rejected for conceptual reasons. Other components are to be found in some types of groups but not in others. Only "formation of affective bonds with…
Social Cocoons: Encapsulation and Identity Transformation Organizations
The transformation of personal identities is an implicit or explicit goal of many organizations, including 'new' religious movements, self-help groups, 'deprogramming' enterprises, rehabilitation programs, and others. This essay describes and accounts for one important structural feature of identity transformation organizations (ITOs): encapsulation. Three types of encapsulation are described-physical, social, and ideological-and reasons why diff…
Taking the Pledge: The Commitment Process in Alcoholics Anonymous
Drawing from the writings of Becker, Kanter and others, an investment model of the process of commitment to an organization is developed. The commitment process can be described as a funnel wherein commitment demands are gradually escalated as people invest more and more of their resources in the line of action sponsored by the organization. The utility of this model is illustrated through an analysis, based on observational data, of the commitme…
Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism
Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous parallels religious conversion, according to David R. Rudy in this timely study of the most famous self-help organization in the world.Drinkers who commit themselves to Alcoholics Anonymous embrace the radically different life-style, the altered world of the convert.To understand this conversion and, more important, to get a grip on the even deeper mystery of alcoholism itself, Rudy sought to answer these thr…
The Social Transformation of Alcohol Treatment
A Fallen Angel: The Status Insularity of the Female Alcoholic
Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease
Ethics and Values in Applied Social Research
Introduction An Overview of Ethical Problems in Social Research Ethical Standards and Guidelines for Social Research Methodological Issues and Dilemmas Confidentiality and the Right to Privacy Special Problems in Applied Settings Attitudes and Value Commitments Conclusions and Recommendations
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religious Organization: Meditations on Marginality
Analogies between the stTuCture, activities, dynamics, and ideology of A.A. and those of religious organizations areapparent, but A.A. literature and A.A. members deny that A.A. is a religious organization. Based on a reviewof A.A. literature on A.A. and on participant observation research, we argue thatboththe religious features of A.A. and thedenial of A.A. 's religious natureare integral to the stTuCture and functioning of the organization. Cl…
Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies
Transforming Identities: Context, Power and Ideology in a Therapeutic Community
Contents: Addict rehabilitation - Personal and social identity - Symbolic anthropology - Therapeutic communities - Drugs and alcohol - Context
Beware the First Drink! The Washington Temperance Movement and Alcoholics Anonymous
The Other Half: Wives of Alcoholics and Their Social-Psychological Situation
Social science books of the month
Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems
Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, a collection edited James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy, includes 14 clearly written articles that exemplify the best of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological, and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use, and related problems such as domestic violence, crime, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. A general introducti…
Societal Response and the Moral Regulation of Public-Space Drinking
These articles on (Torronen and Karlsson) and social control (Wacklin) of public space are broadly cast so that drinking and its control are framed and seen as representative (symbolic) of broader ideologies about the nature of responsible and appropriate behavior in public and private life. This approach is consistent with the classic work of Joseph Gusfield ( 1963, 1981) that views the consequences of temperance campaigns, policy initiatives, a…
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