The distinguished cast of contributors to Social Theory and Human Agency provide a comprehensive explanation of human agency through an examination of its relationship to a variety of theoretical formulations and traditions including: { social, economic and evolutionary theory { time and space { Marxian, structuralist, functionalist, general equilibrium and rationalistic traditions Other chapters consider the cultural shaping of agency, and the morphogenesis of social agency INDICE: PART ONE: HUMAN AGENCY AND THEORIES OF SOCIETYHuman Agency and Theories of Society - Bj[um]orn Wittrock a Critical AppraisalAgency-Structure and Micro-Macro Syntheses - George Ritzer Consensus in Contemporary TheorizingSocial Theory, Time and Human Agency - Helga NowotnySocial Theory, Space and Human Agency - Andrew SayerPART TWO: THEORETICAL TRADITIONS AND CONTEMPORARY ADVANCESHuman Agency - Piotr Sztompa the Marxian Tradition and BeyondThe Theoretical Import of Practical Sense - Peter Wagner the Concept of Agency in the Structuralist Tradition and BeyondThe Functionalist Tradition and Beyond - Hans JoasThe Cultural Shaping of Agency - Ulf HannerzThe Rationalistic Tradition and Beyond - J[um]orgen HermanssonHuman Agency and Social Structure in Economic Theory - Philippe DeVille the General Equilibrium Tradition and BeyondThe Morphogenesis of Social Agency - Margaret ArcherHuman Agency and Evolutionary Theory - Thomas Dietz, Tom R Burns & Frederick H ButtelSocial Theory, Human Agency and Gender - Maud Landby EduardsEPILOGUEHuman Agency and Modern Social Theory - Anthony Giddens
- ISBN: 978-0-8039-7567-5
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
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