structuration theory

Question 1

GIDDENS: structure and action are the same and neither can be examined

Answer 1

• this is because structures make social action possible

Question 2

Duality of structure: structures are produced and maintained

Answer 2

• they are maintained through repetition of social actions by people

Question 3

Duality of structure: structures facilitate actions

Answer 3

• therefore it reproduces structures that are part of the same process

Question 4

Duality of structure: Societal structure/institutions are reproduced through..

Answer 4

• people’s action, if they change the structures and institutions must change too

Question 5

ARCHER’s critics of Gidden

Answer 5

• he said that Gidden puts too much emphasis on people’s ability to change society by acting differently
• u detest images social constraints under which people operate