Structuration Theory

ROB STONES is the author of Sociological Reasoning (Palgrave Macmillan 1996) and the editor of Key Sociological Thinkers (Palgrave Macmillan 1998). He is Professor in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Structuration TheoryGiddens's Structuration Theory and its InfluencesCritics of Structuration: Friends or Foes?Strong Structuration 1: OntologyStrong Structuration 2: The Research Focus and the Wider PictureCase Studies in Structuration: Morawska's Insecure Prosperity and Ibsen's A Dolls HouseConclusionFurther ReadingBibliography.

'Social scientists have long needed a book that constructively revises and extends Anthony Giddens' structuration theory in response to the criticisms and uses it has generated across the world since its articulation between 1976 and 1984. In providing exactly that, Rob Stones has achieved something of exceptional significance while writing with great clarity and engaging style' - Professor Chris Bryant, Salford University, UK