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Structuration Theory

Anthony Giddens and the Constitution of Social Life

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Ira J. Cohen

    1. Plainsboro, USA

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Part of the book series: Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences (TTSS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 1-8

  3. Structuration Theory and Social Praxis

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 9-55

  4. Latter-Day Morphology and Social Praxis: A Critique

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 56-83

  5. The Patterning and Articulation of Systems Across Time and Space

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 84-113

  6. The Organisation of Social Systems: ‘A Non-Functionalist Manifesto’

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 114-147

  7. Administered Systems: Power and Domination

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 148-196

  8. Structure, Position-Practices, and Enablement/Constraint

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 197-231

  9. Structural Analysis, Societies, Societal Change

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 232-278

  10. Closing Remarks: Beyond Ontology

    • Ira J. Cohen
    Pages 279-288

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 289-307
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About this book

Ira Cohen interweaves a detailed study of Anthony Giddens' writings on structuration theory with independent arguments and original concepts to provide a comprehensive analysis of structuration theory's new approach to the subject matter of the social sciences. Cohen clarifies the ontological status of structuration theory, and emphasizes the centrality of social praxis to Giddens' thought. He includes a critique of social morphology, illuminating structuration theory's concern for the reproduction and articulation of social systems across time and space. Giddens' insights into system reproduction, power and domination, and social structure are clarified, criticized and extended.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Plainsboro, USA

    Ira J. Cohen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structuration Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Anthony Giddens and the Constitution of Social Life

  • Authors: Ira J. Cohen

  • Series Title: Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20255-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 307

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociological Theory

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