Publisher's Synopsis
This is one of a series on contemporary sociologists, this volume deals with Anthony Giddens, providing an introduction to his work in the first part, a set of paired contributions covering the main themes of Giddens' writings in the second part and comments from Giddens himself who also presents some aspects of structuration theory in "Structuration Theory and Sociological Analysis" in the third part of the book.;The text finishes with biographical details about the contributors and offers an outline intellectual biography of Giddens himself.
