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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.
By convention, however, the Prime Minister allows leaders of other parties to nominate some life peers, so as to maintain a political balance in the House of Lords. Moreover, some non-party life peers (the number being determined by the Prime Minister) are nominated by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The most prevalent criticism of Dahrendorf's conflict theory is that it only takes a macro-sociological perspective. The theory fails to address much of social life. [34] In increasingly modern, multicultural societies, the contested concept and construct of identity received growing emphasis and was the focus of many debates.
The following are lists of members of the House of Lords: List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
The Government introduced a bill to authorise the creation of two life peerages carrying seats in the House of Lords for judges who had held office for at least five years. The House of Lords passed it, but the bill was lost in the House of Commons. In 1869, a more comprehensive life peerages bill was brought forward by the Earl Russell. At any ...
The Philosophy of Money (1900; German: Philosophie des Geldes) [1] is a book on economic sociology by German sociologist and social philosopher Georg Simmel. [2] Considered to be the theorist's greatest work, Simmel's book views money as a structuring agent that helps people understand the totality of life. [2]
Comparative and historical sociology (CHS): a branch of historical macrosociology that bases its analysis on states, searching for "generalizations about common properties and principles of variation among instances across time and space."
David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick, KC (born 7 March 1956) is a British barrister and a crossbencher in the House of Lords and Blackstone Chambers. [1] He practises primarily in public law and human rights and has argued high profile cases before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of ...