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ISBN: | 9780857022875 0857022873 9781446279021 1446279022 9780203980613 0203980611 0803975503 9780803975507 0803975511 9780803975514
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Anthony Giddens is widely recognized as one of the most important sociologists of the post-war period. This is the first full-length work to examine Giddens' social theory. It guides the reader through Giddens' early attempt to overcome the duality of structure and agency. He saw this duality as a major failing of social theories of modernity. His attempt to resolve the problem can be regarded as the key to the development of his brandmark s̀tructuration theory'. The book is the most complete and thorough assessment of Giddens' work currently available. It incorporates insights from many diffe.
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Other form: | Print version: Tucker, Kenneth H. Anthony Giddens and modern social theory. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1998
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