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Constitution of Society Outline of the Theory of Structuration

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ISBN-10: 0520057287

ISBN-13: 9780520057289

Edition: 1986 (Reprint)

Authors: Anthony Giddens

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Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. InThe Constitution of Societyhe 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…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/25/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 417
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Anthony Giddens, a British sociologist, was educated at Hull, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge, and is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His interests have been varied, but they tend to focus on questions related to the macro-order. Much of his theoretical writing deals with stratification, class, and modernity. Although he has concentrated on dynamic issues of social structure, he has also examined how social psychological concerns are part of this broader order of human relations.