Actions and structure : research methods and social theory / edited by Nigel G. Fielding.
Contributor(s): Fielding, Nigel
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BookPublisher: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1988Description: 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0803981473.Subject(s): Sociology -- Methodology | Social sciences -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 301.018 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 301.018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00019208 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 D. Brewer -- Individual and social connections / John Scott and Peter Cowley -- The "structuration" of action / Peter Abell.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Between Micro and Macro
- The Micro-Social Order
- Autonomy Among Social Theories
- Semiotics and Social Theory
- Micro-Sociology and Power
- Micro-Sociology and Micro-Economics
- Micro-Sociology and the 'Duality of Structure'
- Individual and Social Connections
- The 'Structuration' of Action
- Micro-Sociology and Macro Theory