The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration

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University of California Press, Mar 25, 1986 - Social Science - 402 pages
"It is likely that this book will be regarded as the most important piece of grand sociological theory in English of the past decade."—Mark Poster, University of California

"This book will take its place alongside such major statements of sociological theory as those of Parsons and Habermas. Anyone interested int eh state of the social sciences today, the character of social theory or the relevance of philosophy to social theory will now find it essential to grapple with Giddens's bold and incisive book."—Richard Bernstein, Haverford College, USA

"Anthony Giddens's new book is the fullest presentation yet of his theoretical views . . . . it has the lean, sparse, utterly serious, craftsmanlike qualities we have learned to expect from its author and which make it a real pleasure to read."—Dennis Wrong, Times Higher Education Supplement

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Contents

I
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II
1
III
5
IV
14
V
16
VI
25
VII
28
VIII
34
XXX
169
XXXI
174
XXXII
179
XXXIII
180
XXXIV
185
XXXV
193
XXXVI
199
XXXVII
207

IX
41
X
45
XI
51
XII
60
XIII
64
XIV
68
XV
73
XVI
78
XVII
83
XVIII
93
XIX
110
XX
116
XXI
119
XXII
122
XXIII
126
XXIV
130
XXV
132
XXVI
139
XXVII
145
XXVIII
162
XXIX
163
XXXVIII
227
XXXIX
228
XL
233
XLI
236
XLII
244
XLIII
256
XLIV
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XLV
281
XLVI
288
XLVII
293
XLVIII
297
XLIX
304
L
310
LI
319
LII
327
LIII
334
LIV
343
LV
348
LVI
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About the author (1986)

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.

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