- Bounded Choice
Infobox Book
name = Bounded Choice
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image_caption = Bounded Choice
author =Janja Lalich
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country =United States
language = English
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subject = Cults
genre =nonfiction psychology cult s
publisher =University of California Press
release_date =September 15 ,2004
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 353
isbn = ISBN 0-520-24018-9
preceded_by =Captive Hearts, Captive Minds ,Cults in Our Midst
followed_by ="Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults" is a
nonfiction psychology book oncult s, byJanja Lalich ,Ph.D. . The book was published byUniversity of California Press in2004 .Lalich had previously published her
Ph.D. dissertation on "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." [Lalich, Janja., "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." Ph.D. dissertation.,Santa Barbara, California , Fielding Institute., 2000.]Methodologies
Dr. Lalich's methodologies were influenced by the work of
Anthony Giddens ,Herbert Simon andRobert Jay Lifton [Lorne L. Dawson, "American Journal of Sociology ", vol.111, part 1 (2005), pg. 663–665 ] . The Heaven's Gate cult is used as a model for analyzing the cult structurecite book
last = Zablocki
first = Benjamin
authorlink = Benjamin Zablocki
coauthors = Thomas Robbins
title =Misunderstanding Cults (book)
publisher =University of Toronto Press
date = 2001
location =
pages = 522
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0802081886] . Lalich had previously performed a comparative study on both the Heaven's Gate cult and theDemocratic Workers Party , which was incorporated into the book.Reception
Harmon wrote that Lalich developed a "definitional framework", which helped illustrate how charismatic cult leaders can dominate the members of their movements
Marion Harmon , " [http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/cs/fall_04%20/feature_04.html Demystifying Cults] ", Chico Statements,California State University .] .References
External links
*" [http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/lalich_janja_boundedchoice_abs.htm Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool] ",
Janja Lalich ,Ph.D. , "Cultic Studies Review ", Vol. 3, No. 3,2004 See also
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Margaret Singer ,Ph.D.
*Robert Jay Lifton
*Janja Lalich ,Ph.D.
*Heaven's Gate (cult)
*Anthony Giddens
*Herbert Simon
*Charismatic authority
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