Bryant, Christopher; Jary, David

'Critical but comprehensive, this collection goes a long way towards a fuller understanding of the importance of structuration theory and situating Giddens in modern social theory' -Professor S. Turner, Department of Sociology, University of Essex

• 1. Introduction: coming to terms with Anthony Giddens  2. The California-Massachusetts strain in structuration theory  3. Power-knowledge and social theory: the systematic misinterpretation of contemporary French social theory in the work of Anthony Giddens  4. Structuration theory as a world view  5. 'Society as time-traveller': Giddens on historical change, historical materialism and the nation-state in world society  6. Time and space in Giddens' social theory  7. The dialogical model of applied sociology  8. Structuration theory: past, present and future