Actions and structure : research methods and social theory
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Actions and structure : research methods and social theory
Sage, 1988
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Social scientists have always recognised a divergence between approaches which emphasise the constraining power of social structure and those which interpret society through the cumulative effects of actions of individuals. In recent years there has been renewed interest in the latter through the micro-sociology of everyday life. Social scientists are now taking stock of the implications of micro-sociological research for the analysis of structure and the macro-level theory of society. In Actions and Structure the value of micro-sociological research for the analysis of social order is assessed. Individual chapters evaluate new research approaches from discourse and conversational analysis, mathematical, interactionist and phenomenological sociologies and network analysis. Throughout the authors assess how these approaches contribute to current debates around theoretical formulations of organization, structure and power.
Table of Contents
Between Micro and Macro - Nigel Fielding
The Micro-Social Order - Karin Knorr-Cetina
Autonomy Among Social Theories - Wes Sharrock and Rod Watson
Semiotics and Social Theory - Peter K Manning
Micro-Sociology and Power - Paul Rock
Micro-Sociology and Micro-Economics - Colin Clark and Trevor Pinch
Micro-Sociology and the `Duality of Structure' - John Brewer
Individual and Social Connections - John Scott and Peter Cowley
The `Structuration' of Action - Peter Abell
Micro-Sociology and Macro Theory - Nigel Fielding
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