Margaret S. Archer (University of Warwick)

Realist Social Theory

The Morphogenetic Approach

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this 1995 book, Margaret Archer addresses the problem of structure and agency and how to link rather than conflate the two. Her morphogenetic approach is the sociological complement of transcendental realism and offers a new understanding of social change. It poses a direct challenge to Giddens' structuration theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780521484428
• ISBN-10: 0521484421
• Artikelnr.: 21340871

Inhaltsangabe

1. The vexatious fact of society
Part I. The Problem of Structure and Agency: Four Alternative Solutions: 2. Individualism versus collectivism: querying the terms of the debate
3. Taking time to link structure and agency
4. Elision and central conflation
5. Realism and morphogenesis
Part II. The Morphogenetic Cycle: 6. Analytical dualism: the basis of the morphogenetic approach
7. Structural and cultural conditioning
8. The morphogenesis of agency
9. Social elaboration.