alleryWhich sociologist is credited with the term 'total institution'?
ATalcott Parsons
BErving Goffman
CEmile Durkheim
DRobert Merton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Erving Goffman
1. A total institution is a residential setting cut off from the wider community with a regimented life.
2. The term is credited to the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman, who studied mental institutions.
3. Parsons, Durkheim and Merton are linked with other concepts.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Total institution" (rev 1364974384), section "Etymology"_
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