COMPARE AND CONTRAST BOURDIEU'S APPROACH TO THE AGENCY/STRUCTURE DICHOTOMY WITH THAT OF GIDDENS
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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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…P (1986) Distinction. Routledge: London. 2.<Tab/>Bourdieu, P (1998) Practical Reason. Polity Press: Cambridge. 3.<Tab/>Layder, Dereck (1994) Understanding Social Theory. Sage: London. 4.<Tab/>Ritzer, G. and Goodman, D. (2004) Sociological Theory (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill: New York. 5.<Tab/>Thompson, J. (1989) 'The theory of structuration', pp. 56-76 in D. Held and J.B. Thompson (eds.), Social Theory and Modern Societies. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
…P (1986) Distinction. Routledge: London. 2.<Tab/>Bourdieu, P (1998) Practical Reason. Polity Press: Cambridge. 3.<Tab/>Layder, Dereck (1994) Understanding Social Theory. Sage: London. 4.<Tab/>Ritzer, G. and Goodman, D. (2004) Sociological Theory (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill: New York. 5.<Tab/>Thompson, J. (1989) 'The theory of structuration', pp. 56-76 in D. Held and J.B. Thompson (eds.), Social Theory and Modern Societies. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
