Actions and Structure - Research Methods and Social Theory (Hardcover)

Social scientists have always recognised a divergence between approaches which emphasise the constraining power of social structure and those which interpret society through the cumulative effects of actions of individuals. In recent years there has been renewed interest in the latter through the micro-sociology of everyday life. Social scientists are now taking stock of the implications of micro-sociological research for the analysis of structure and the macro-level theory of society. In Actions and Structure the value of micro-sociological research for the analysis of social order is assessed. Individual chapters evaluate new research approaches from discourse and conversational analysis, mathematical, interactionist and phenomenological sociologies and network analysis. Throughout the authors assess how these approaches contribute to current debates around theoretical formulations of organization, structure and power.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1988
First published:	1988
Editors:	Nigel G. Fielding
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8039-8147-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8039-8147-3
Barcode:	9780803981478

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