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Agency-Structure Integration
Sociological Theory

Chapter 15 Chapter Outline


  1. Introduction
  2. Major Examples of Agency-Structure Integration
    1. Structuration Theory
      1. Elements of Structuration Theory
      2. Criticisms
    2. Culture and Agency
      1. Criticisms of Anthony Giddens
      2. Morphogenesis, Culture, Agency
    3. Habitus and Field
      1. Biographical Sketch: Pierre Bourdieu
      2. Habitus
      3. Field
      4. Applying Habitus and Field
        1. Distinction
        2. Homo Academicus
      5. Concluding Thoughts
    4. Colonization of the Life-World
      1. The Life-World
      2. System
      3. Social Integration and System Integration
      4. Colonization
  3. Major Differences in the Agency-Structure Literature
  4. Agency Structure and Micro-Macro Linkages: Fundamental Differences
  5. Summary




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