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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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Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe: The origin and spread of social complexity in southern Africa
TL;DR: The transfer of rank-based society at K2 developed into class distinction at Mapungubwe has received less attention as mentioned in this paper, but it is well known that rank based societies in southern Africa first developed in the Shashe-Limpopo Basin, and the new elite used the unique Zimbabwe birdstones to establish their legitimacy.
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Constructing Ontological Insecurity: The Insecuritization of Britain's Muslims
TL;DR: It is argued that the key focus should be on the understandings of individuals about their own security, intersubjectively constructed, from the intellectual origins of ontological security in sociology and psychology.
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Social spaces, transnational immigrant communities, and the politics of incorporation
TL;DR: Transnational social spaces exist both from above and from below as mentioned in this paper, in the case of contemporary immigrants, from above to below, and they are both 'from above' and 'from below'.
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Social Transformation and Its Human Costs in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest
Michelle Hegmon,Matthew A. Peeples,Ann P. Kinzig,Stephanie Kulow,Cathryn M. Meegan,Margaret C. Nelson +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, three archaeological cases from the U.S. Southwest (Mimbres, Mesa Verde, and Hohokam) and new methods for assessing transformations and rigidity are used to evaluate the expected association between the severity of transfor- mation and degree of rigidity.
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The Connectivity Paradox: Using Technology to Both Decrease and Increase Perceptions of Distance in Distributed Work Arrangements
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that teleworkers who use advance ICTs sometimes feel too connected to the office and, consequently, are unable to achieve the flexibility and focus they seek by working out of it.
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