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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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Re/Making Identities in the Praxis of Urban Schooling: A Cultural Historical Perspective
Wolff-Michael Roth,Kenneth Tobin,Rowhea Elmesky,Cristobal Carambo,Ya-Meer McKnight,Jennifer Beers +5 more
TL;DR: In cultural historical activity theory, an individual, a tool, or a community cannot be theorized in an independent manner but must be understood in terms of the historically changing, mediated relations in which they are integral and constitutive parts as mentioned in this paper.
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Progress in tourism planning and policy: A post-structural perspective on knowledge production
Dianne Dredge,Tazim Jamal +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined progress in tourism planning and policy knowledge and identified gaps and future directions for research, using a post-structuralist perspective presented in two analytical movements: a bibliographic study of tourism policy and planning publications in Scopus and Science Direct and thematic analysis plus an archaeological excavation.
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Framing information literacy as information practice: site ontology and practice theory
TL;DR: The philosophical and theoretical perspective of practice theory, in particular, the ontological work of Schatzki is used to frame an understanding of the features of information literacy as sociocultural practice.
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Participatory landscape development: overcoming social barriers to public involvement
TL;DR: The investigation was carried out in two rural communities, which differed in their degree of urbanisation, and found that the residents’ participation was mainly prevented by the persistent identification with the village community, which is connected with a pressure to adapt to collective standards.
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The influence of power, poverty and agency in the negotiation of condom use for female sex workers in mainland China.
TL;DR: Barriers to consistent condom use in the context of transactional sex among female sex workers in mainland China is analyzed to reveal how differences in socioeconomic profile and organisational hierarchies amongst different groups of sex workers create different barriers to condom use.
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