structuration theory

• what does it combine?

  structure & action
• who proposed this theory?

  Giddens
• -people interpret the world around them and make choices on how they should react & behave

  -those choices are constrained & shaped by the organisation or structure of society they live in
• how are the structures reproduced?

  agency

  rules & resources
• how do rules reproduce structure?


  norms, customs & laws
• how do resources reproduce structure?


  both economic & power over others