COMPARE AND CONTRAST BOURDIEU'S APPROACH TO THE AGENCY/STRUCTURE DICHOTOMY WITH THAT OF GIDDENS
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:01:13
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 10 pages (2729 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 10 pages (2729 words)
COMPARE AND CONTRAST BOURDIEU'S APPROACH
TO THE AGENCY/STRUCTURE DICHOTOMY
WITH THAT OF GIDDENS
In recent years, several authors have attempted to deal with the problem of the relationship between agency and social structure. This has manifested itself in the theory of structuration. Anthony Giddens' structuration theory is one of the best-known and most articulated efforts to integrate agency and structure. His theory proposes a duality of structure, in that agency and structure cannot be …
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