Human agents and social structures / edited by Peter J. Martin and Alex Dennis.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Martin, Peter J., 1947-
Dennis, Alex
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Social structure.
Agent (Philosophy)
Physical Description:viii, 183 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • General issues. Introduction : the opposition of structure and agency / Peter J. Martin and Alex Dennis ; The structure problem in the context of structure and agency controversies / Wes Sharrock and Graham Button ; On the retreat from collective concepts in sociology / Peter J. Martin ; Structure and agency as the products of dynamic social processes : Marx and modern social theory / Alex Dennis
  • Recent social theorists. The two Habermases / Anthony King ; Pierre Bourdieu : from the model of reality to the reality of the model / Richard Jenkins ; The production and reproduction of social order : is structuration a solution? / Wes Sharrock ; On the reception of Foucault / Allison Cavanagh and Alex Dennis
  • After the debate. Beyond social structure / Richard Jenkins ; Two kinds of social theory : the myth and reality of social existence / Anthony King.