Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The theoretical background: the development of the agency–structure problematic
- Part II Parsonian and post-Parsonian developments
- Part III Agency and structure: reworking some basic conceptual tools
- Part IV Bridges between modern and late/postmodern theorizing
- Part V Towards a non-essentialist holism
- Instead of Conclusion: Twelve rules for the construction of an open-ended holistic paradigm
- Appendix: In defence of ‘grand’ historical sociology
- References
- Index
Part II - Parsonian and post-Parsonian developments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The theoretical background: the development of the agency–structure problematic
- Part II Parsonian and post-Parsonian developments
- Part III Agency and structure: reworking some basic conceptual tools
- Part IV Bridges between modern and late/postmodern theorizing
- Part V Towards a non-essentialist holism
- Instead of Conclusion: Twelve rules for the construction of an open-ended holistic paradigm
- Appendix: In defence of ‘grand’ historical sociology
- References
- Index
Summary
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- Information
- Modern and Postmodern Social TheorizingBridging the Divide, pp. 41 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008