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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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The destabilisation of existing regimes: Confronting a multi-dimensional framework with a case study of the British coal industry (1913-1967)
Bruno Turnheim,Frank W. Geels +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an encompassing conceptual framework, which addresses interactions between the build-up of external pressures, industry response strategies, and the gradual weakening of commitment to existing regime elements.
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Collaboration in BIM-based construction networks: A bibliometric-qualitative literature review
TL;DR: In this paper, a "Collaboration Pentagon" consisting of context, process, task, team and actor is created through integration of relevant frameworks, and a bibliometric analysis of 1031 studies on BIM alongside the outcome of a qualitative evaluation of a total of 62 carefully selected papers on collaboration in BbCNs is presented.
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Structuring the Religion-Environment Connection: Identifying Religious Influences on Environmental Concern and Activism
TL;DR: The authors examined data from the 1993 General Social Survey to elaborate how religious affiliation, participation, and beliefs influence environmental concern and private and political environmental activism, and presented estimates from structural equation models to show the sometimes competing direct and indirect effects of religious affiliations, participation and beliefs on environmental concern.
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Data, information and knowledge: have we got it right?
TL;DR: It is argued that the difference between data, information, and knowledge is in fact crucial and information theory and the physics of information provide useful insights with which to build an economics of information appropriate to the needs of the emerging information economy.
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