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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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Power in international politics
Michael Barnett,Raymond D Duvall +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that scholars of international relations should employ multiple conceptions of power and develop a conceptual framework that encourages rigorous attention to power in its different forms, and illustrate how attention to the multiple forms of power matters for the analysis of global governance and American empire.
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The emergence of boundary spanning competence in practice: implications for implementation and use of information systems
Natalia Levina,Emmanuelle Vaast +1 more
TL;DR: This paper investigates how an organizational competence in boundary spanning emerges in practice by drawing on the concepts of boundary spanner and boundary object, and shows how boundary spanners-in-practice use various organizational and professional resources including the influence that comes with being nominated to boundary Spanners' roles to create the new joint field.
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Organizational routines: a review of the literature
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Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society
TL;DR: In this article, a grounded theory of the network society is proposed, and the specific interaction between network morphology and relationships of production/consumption, power, experience, and culture, in the historical making of the emerging social structure at the turn of the Millennium.
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A sociocultural approach to understanding teacher identity, agency and professional vulnerability in a context of secondary school reform
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the dynamic interplay among teacher identity, agency, and context as these affect how secondary teachers report experiencing professional vulnerability, particularly in terms of their abilities to achieve their primary purposes in teaching students.
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