Are social structures products of human action, expressions of
individual or group power? Or are they essentially external
constraints on human action, necessarily analyzed at a different
level? How are themes of power and constraint to be joined in a
common analytic approach? These have long been central questions
for sociologists. since the collapse of functionalism as a unifying
paradigm, however they have often appeared as the basis for sharp
divisions between competing analytic paradigms. The divide between
structuralism and rational-choice theory has been one of the most
prominent such splits. Yet each approach has undergone a revival in
past years. The editors of this book, in honour of Peter Blau,
brought together a wide range of distinguished sociologists who
have taken positions on different sides of this issue and brings
them into focus as parts of a common discourse on the place of
social structure and concepts of strategic action in sociological
explanation.
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