Peter J. Burke is the author of three books, including Contemporary Social Psychological Theories and was awarded the Cooley-Mead Distinguised Career Award from the Social Psychology section of the American Sociological Association in 2003. Jan E. Stets is the author of four books, most recently (with Jonathan Turner) of The Sociology of Emotions and The Handbook of the Sociology of Emotion. The authors are both Professors of Sociology and Co-Directors of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Agency and Social Structure ; 2. The Roots of Identity Theory ; 3. The Development of Identity Theory ; 4. Identities and their Operation ; 5. Meaning, Resources, and Interaction ; 6. Bases of Identities: Role, Social Identities, and Person Identities ; 7. Multiple Identities ; 8. Emotion ; 9. Identity Change ; 10. Future Research ; Appendix: Identity Measures ; References ; Notes

Identity Theory encourages not only more systematic research, but also a continuing discussion among theorists and practitioners about the meaning and measure of identity theory.

Peter J. Burke is the author of three books, including Contemporary Social Psychological Theories and was awarded the Cooley-Mead Distinguised Career Award from the Social Psychology section of the American Sociological Association in 2003. Jan E. Stets is the author of four books, most recently (with Jonathan Turner) of The Sociology of Emotions and The Handbook of the Sociology of Emotion. The authors are both Professors of Sociology and Co-Directors of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Agency and Social Structure ; 2. The Roots of Identity Theory ; 3. The Development of Identity Theory ; 4. Identities and their Operation ; 5. Meaning, Resources, and Interaction ; 6. Bases of Identities: Role, Social Identities, and Person Identities ; 7. Multiple Identities ; 8. Emotion ; 9. Identity Change ; 10. Future Research ; Appendix: Identity Measures ; References ; Notes

Identity Theory encourages not only more systematic research, but also a continuing discussion among theorists and practitioners about the meaning and measure of identity theory.

Peter J. Burke is the author of three books, including Contemporary Social Psychological Theories and was awarded the Cooley-Mead Distinguised Career Award from the Social Psychology section of the American Sociological Association in 2003. Jan E. Stets is the author of four books, most recently (with Jonathan Turner) of The Sociology of Emotions and The Handbook of the Sociology of Emotion. The authors are both Professors of Sociology and Co-Directors of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Agency and Social Structure ; 2. The Roots of Identity Theory ; 3. The Development of Identity Theory ; 4. Identities and their Operation ; 5. Meaning, Resources, and Interaction ; 6. Bases of Identities: Role, Social Identities, and Person Identities ; 7. Multiple Identities ; 8. Emotion ; 9. Identity Change ; 10. Future Research ; Appendix: Identity Measures ; References ; Notes

Identity Theory encourages not only more systematic research, but also a continuing discussion among theorists and practitioners about the meaning and measure of identity theory.