Culture, Structure and Agency
Toward a Truly Multidimensional Sociology
1st Edition
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7619-1927-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses two key issues in sociological theory: the debate between structural and cultural approaches and the problem of agency. It does this through looking at the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim and the ideas of modern theorists like Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, and Talcott Parsons; and examines economics, rational choice theory, network theory, ethnomethodology and symbolic interactionism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-1927-8 (9780761919278)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Culture, Structure and Social Explanation
PART ONE: STRUCTURAL EXPLANATION
Structured Opportunity and Social Explanation
The Structural Actor and<i> Homo Economicus</i>
PART TWO: ENGAGING CULTURE
Culture as a Structure
The Limits of Interpretation
PART THREE: TOWARDS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIOLOGY
Understanding Opportunity
Three Cases
The Dialectic of Structure and Culture
The Dialectic of Desire
A Truly Multidimensional Sociology
PART ONE: STRUCTURAL EXPLANATION
Structured Opportunity and Social Explanation
The Structural Actor and<i> Homo Economicus</i>
PART TWO: ENGAGING CULTURE
Culture as a Structure
The Limits of Interpretation
PART THREE: TOWARDS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIOLOGY
Understanding Opportunity
Three Cases
The Dialectic of Structure and Culture
The Dialectic of Desire
A Truly Multidimensional Sociology