Download or read book Advances in Identity Theory and Research written by Peter J. Burke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is presented in four sections based on recent research in the field: the sources of identity, the tie between identity and the social structure, the non-cognitive outcomes - such as emotional - of identity processes, and the idea that individuals have multiple identities. This timely work will be of interest to social psychologists in sociology and psychology, behavioral scientists, and political scientists.