Structure, agency, and the internal conversation / Margaret S. Archer.
"A central question of social theory is: How do society's objective features influence its members to reproduce or transform society through their actions? This volume examines how objective social conditioning is mediated by the subjective reflexivity of individuals. On the basis of a ser...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "A central question of social theory is: How do society's objective features influence its members to reproduce or transform society through their actions? This volume examines how objective social conditioning is mediated by the subjective reflexivity of individuals. On the basis of a series of in-depth interviews, Margaret Archer identifies the mediatory mechanism as "internal conversations" that are expressed in forms governing agents' responses to social conditioning, their individual patterns of social mobility, and whether or not they contribute to social stability or change."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 370 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521829062 9780521829069 0521535972 9780521535977 |