Giddens' Theory of Structuration (Routledge Revivals): A Critical Appreciation

ISBN-13: 9780415616560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 254 str.

Christopher Bryant

Opis

Anthony Giddens is one of the most respected and influential social theorists at work today. This wide-ranging and stimulating volume, first published in 1991, provides an authoratative and penetrating critical assessment of social theory.

Recenzje

'Critical but comprehensive, this collection goes a long way towards a fuller understanding of the importance of structuration theory and situating Giddens in modern social theory' - Professor S. Turner, Department of Sociology, University of Essex

Spis treści

1. Introduction: coming to terms with Anthony Giddens  2. The California-Massachusetts strain in structuration theory  3. Power-knowledge and social theory: the systematic misinterpretation of contemporary French social theory in the work of Anthony Giddens  4. Structuration theory as a world view  5. 'Society as time-traveller': Giddens on historical change, historical materialism and the nation-state in world society  6. Time and space in Giddens' social theory  7. The dialogical model of applied sociology  8. Structuration theory: past, present and future

O autorze

Bryant, Christopher; Jary, David