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Locating the 17th Book of Giddens@@@The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration.
Alan Sica,Anthony Giddens +1 more
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Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.Abstract:
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens' concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. "The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.read more
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Social class disparities in health and education: Reducing inequality by applying a sociocultural self model of behavior.
TL;DR: The theoretical foundation of the sociocultural self model lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of behavior and provides new tools for developing interventions that will reduce social class disparities in health and education.
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Punctuated Generosity How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities
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Time and process in business network research
TL;DR: The concept of human time is presented and accordingly three methodological approaches available for the study of network processes are delineated, including those that consider the role of time and timing for studying business processes.
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Power, rationality, and the art of living through socio-technical change
Chrisanthi Avgerou,Kathy McGrath +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the rational techniques of IS practice and the power dynamics of an organization and its social context are closely intertwined, requiring each other to be sustained, through which interested parties judge the value of an innovation for their lives and consequently support or subvert its course.
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Language and negotiation of ethnic/racial identity among Dominican Americans
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show how a Dominican American who is phenotypically indistinguishable from African Americans uses language, in both intra- and inter-ethnic contexts, to negotiate identity and resist ascription to totalizing phenotype-racial categories.
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