The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of StructurationAnthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens's concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. The Constitution of Society is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory. |
Contents
Elements of the Theory of Structuration | |
Consciousness Self and Social Encounters | |
Freud on Slips of the Tongue | |
Time Space and Regionalization | |
Foucault on Timing and Spacing | |
Structure System Social Reproduction | |
Change Evolution and Power | |
The Problem of Structural Constraint | |
Contradiction and the Empirical Study of Conflict | |
Institutional Stability and Change | |
Structuration Theory | |
Mutual Knowledge versus Common Sense | |
Generalizations in Social Science | |
Social Science History and Geography | |
Glossary | |
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The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration Anthony Giddens Limited preview - 1986 |
The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration Anthony Giddens Limited preview - 1986 |
The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration Anthony Giddens Limited preview - 1984 |
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