Locating the 17th Book of Giddens@@@The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration.
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...For instance, “double hermeneutics” refers to the situation where researchers influence the interpretations of the study participants (Giddens, 1984)....
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...Not using ICT is one way that individuals can assert some control over their lives—in the same way that for some people there is a symbolic value to using ICT [76]....
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...This tension between structure and agency, of course, lies at the heart of most contemporary sociological debates [76]....
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...Thus, if viewed through a structurational lens [DeSanctis and Scott Poole 1994; Giddens 1984; Orlikowski 1992; Orlikowski and Robey 1991], these two explanations may actually be complementary [Markus and Robey 1988], explaining different aspects of the same phenomenon....
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...Even more difficult is the measurement or enhancement of psychological assets, such as the capacity to envision.5 Yet all these assets are critical in this treatment of empowerment, in which power is understood to result from a combination of resources and rules (Giddens 1984)....
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...Giddens’ analysis of power is based on his theory of “structuration” (Giddens 1984)....
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...1 Social theorists such as Giddens (1984) emphasize the relationship between agency and structure....
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...…relations, many other social and political scientists have explored power as a concept that extends beyond the realm of the state to involve relations between individuals or groups (see appendix 2).1 Social theorists such as Giddens (1984) emphasize the relationship between agency and structure....
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...5 Yet all these assets are critical in this treatment of empowerment, in which power is understood to result from a combination of resources and rules (Giddens 1984)....
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