The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration
1984 · University of California Press
Overview
The central integrated formulation of Structuration Theory.
Core Question
How are social practices produced and reproduced?
Central Argument
Recurrent practices draw on and reproduce or modify rules and resources through a duality of structure.
Theoretical Contribution
Provides the core vocabulary of rules, resources, duality, power, and recursive practice.
Theory Relationships
- Structuration Theory — founding text
Reading Focus
- Trace rules and resources in recurrent practices.
- Do not reduce the theory to a generic structure-agency balance.
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Sources & verification
- VerifiedThe linked record verifies this work's bibliographic details and lawful access route. — Giddens, A. (1984). The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. University of California Press.
- Editorially ReviewedThe central argument, theoretical contribution, relationship, and reading emphasis are bounded Syntag editorial syntheses, not quotations or claims of universal consensus.
- Research GuidanceReading priorities should be adapted to the research question, prior knowledge, access, and disciplinary guidance.
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