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2. Structuration theory - Wikipedia

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   This book is intended to provide an accessible introduction to Giddens' work and also to situate structuration theory in the context of other approaches. Available in part for free online via Google Books. A critical assessment of Giddens' entire body of work. Available in part for free online via Google Books. Social theory for beginners.

3. Anthony Giddens - Wikipedia

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   Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens MAE (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year.

4. The Transformation of Intimacy - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The Transformation of Intimacy is a book by Anthony Giddens published in 1992 ...

5. Open Library - Wikipedia

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   Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3] [4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Hargrave Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization.

6. Double hermeneutic - Wikipedia

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   Anthony Giddens (1982) argues that there is an important difference between the natural and social sciences. [5] In the natural sciences, scientists try to understand and theorize about the way the natural world is structured. The understanding is one-way; that is, while we seek to understand the actions of minerals or chemicals, chemicals and ...

7. Ontological security - Wikipedia

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   In sociology, ontological security is a stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in regard to the events in one's life. [1] Anthony Giddens (1991) refers to ontological security as a sense of order and continuity in regard to an individual's experiences. He argues that this is reliant on people's ability to give meaning to their ...

8. Structure and agency - Wikipedia

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   For Giddens, an agent's common interaction with structure, as a system of norms, is described as structuration. The term reflexivity is used to refer to the ability of an agent to consciously alter his or her place in the social structure; thus globalization and the emergence of the 'post-traditional' society might be said to allow for "greater ...

9. Duality of structure - Wikipedia

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   In the duality, the agency has much more influence on its lived environment than past structuralist theory had granted. The key to Giddens' explanation is his focus on the knowledgeability of the agent and the fact that the agency cannot exist or be analysed separately from its structure. They can only exist as a duality.