Giddens, Anthony

Central problems in social theory : action, structure, and contradiction in social analysis / Anthony Giddens. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1979. - 294 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface - Introduction - 1. Structuralism and the theory of the subject - 2. Agency, structure - 3. Institutions, reproduction, socialisation - 4. Contradiction, power, historical materialism - 5. Ideology and consciousness - 6. Time, space, social change - 7. The prospects for social theory today - Notes and references - Index.

0520039750 (pbk.)


Sociology.
Structuralism.
Functionalism (social sciences)

301 / GID