Introduction: Structuration theory -- 1. Giddens's structuration theory and its influences -- 2. Critics of structuration: friends or foes? -- 3. Strong structuration 1: ontology -- 4. Strong structuration 2: the research focus and the wider picture -- 5. Case studies in structuration: Morawska's Insecure Prosperity and Ibsen's A Doll's House -- 6. Conclusion.
Presenting a synthesis of original & critical writings about structuration theory, Rob Stones sets the work of Anthony Giddens in context & addresses key criticisms of the theory with original thinking about how it might be developed.",,,,,"This important text argues for a 'strong' notion of structuration theory in contrast to the seminal but more abstract and relatively under-developed project represented by Anthony Giddens's writings.This important text argues for a 'strong' notion of structuration theory in contrast to the seminal but more abstract and relatively under-developed project represented by Anthony Giddens's writings.This important text argues for a 'strong' notion of structuration theory in contrast to the seminal but more abstract and relatively under-developed project represented by Anthony Giddens's writings.