Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation

A central question of social theory is: How do society's objective features influence its members to reproduce or transform society through their actions? This volume examines how objective social conditioning is mediated by the subjective reflexivity of individuals. On the basis of a series of in-depth interviews, Margaret Archer identifies the mediatory mechanism as internal conversations that are expressed in forms governing agents' responses to social conditioning, their individual patterns of social mobility, and whether or not they contribute to social stability or change.

Author: Margaret Scotford Archer, Margaret S. Archer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/28/2003
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.08w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780521535977

About the Author
Archer, Margaret S.: - Margaret S. Archer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. An internationally respected social theorist, she was the first woman to become President of the International Sociological Association and is a former editor of Current Sociology. Previous publications include Culture and Agency (1988), Realist Social Theory (1995), Being Human: The Problem of Agency (2000).

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