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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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New cultural geographies: the spatiality of leisure, gender and sexuality
TL;DR: Aitchison, C. and Jordon, F. as mentioned in this paper reviewed the development of the new cultural geography and its impact upon leisure studies and found that the synergy between gender relations and spatial relations is a major contributor to leisure relations.
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Governing the design of national REDD+: an analysis of the power of agency
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how three aspects of governance systems, namely the policy context, the influence of key agents and their discursive practices, are affecting national-level processes of policy design aimed at REDD+, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in the developing countries.
Development geography at the crossroads of livelihood and globalisation
L.J. deHaan,Annelies Zoomers +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the changing outlines of livelihood in the present era of globalisation, and unraveled the fuzzy relation between globalisation and local development from an actor point of view.
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Poststructural feminist theories of representing others: a response to the 'crisis' in leisure studies' discourse.
TL;DR: The role of the subaltern discourses of poststructural and postcolonial feminism as theoretical and political projects capable of addressing cultural and material power has been discussed in this article, where it is argued that leisure studies reluctance to embrace recent theoretical advances in cognate disciplines and subject fields, together with a reticence to engage with post-structural discourse, has rendered culture marginal to leisure studies research.
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Challenging Neo-Malthusian Deforestation Analyses in West Africa's Dynamic Forest Landscapes
Melissa Leach,James Fairhead +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that neo-Malthusian deforestation narratives misrepresent the relationships between people and forest in Western Africa and misstate the ways these relationships have developed during the last century. And they present a landscape structuration perspective that is grounded in fuller appreciation of social differences in environmental and resource priorities; of diverse institutions that shape resource access and control; and of ecological variability and the legacies and pathways through which landscapes respond to use.
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