Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses

Althusser, Louis. (1971). Ideology and ideological state apparatuses Notes towards an investigation. Lenin and philosophy and other essays, 127-186. New York Monthly Review Press. 

Cohen (1985) maps out the ways in which patterns of control have developed in his book Visions of Social Control in which he discusses a number of Master Patterns in deviancy control. He identifies three phases of control, of which phase 3, which emerges in the mid-twentieth century , is of most concern to this study It is characterized by a number of features, notably increasing ideological attacks on the state apparatus, running alongside an actual strengthening of control systems. So, the state apparatus stays in place and new, diverse forms of control are added to the repertoire the focus of control is thus dispersed and diffused the boundaries blur professional... 

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