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Social network analysis, structuration theory and the holism-individualism debate
TL;DR: In this article, the convergence of social network analysis with structuration theory on the principle of methodological individualism is discussed, and a new role for network analysis in the methodological restructuring of modern social theory is suggested.
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Globalization and Modernity
TL;DR: The authors argue that these changes are part of a economic transition to post-industrialism associated with risks and inequalities that shape human experience in the midst of a formidable global financial climate, and they argue that the propagation of free market mindsets in emerging economies has created collective network connections with considerable good but pervasive inequalities as well.
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The body in sociology : tensions inside and outside sociological thought
Alexandra Howson,David Inglis +1 more
TL;DR: The human body has in recent years become a hot topic in sociology, not just in empirical research but also in sociological theorizing as discussed by the authors, and the body has been variously a resour...
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The Undersocialised Conception of the Embodied Agent in Modern Sociology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that while structuration theory and analytical dualism focus on the creative powers of human reflexivity, as part of their rejection of the oversocialised agent, the theoretical weight they place on consciousness neglects the socially shaped somatic bases of action and structure, and results in an undersocialised view of the embodied agent.
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Structuration theory and mediating concepts: Pitfalls and implications for management accounting research
Hans Englund,Jonas Gerdin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that there are different ways of using mediating concepts between social structure and action, whereby management accounting systems are conceptualized as both the medium for action, and human action as such.