Marginalized Places and Populations - A Structurationist Agenda

Sommario

Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Contemporary Human Geography--The Emergence of Structuration in Inequality Research by David Wilson and James O. Huff
Issues in Structuration Theory and Application
Structuration Theory in Urban Analysis by Michael J. Dear and Adam I. Moos
The Limits to Human Constructiveness: Giddens and Structuration Theory in Geography by David Wilson
Structuration Theory and Electronic Communications by Barney Warf
Empirical Applications
Small Towns as "Historical" Places: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Structuration Theory through the Study of Landscapes by John A. Jakle
Context Is Everywhere: Structuration, Community, and Social Order by John Eyles
Taking Control in the American West: An Application of Pred's Theory of Place by Jefferson S. Rogers
Gender Relations in Urban Growth Politics by Lynn Staeheli
Discursive Limits to Agency by Joshua Van Lieu and John Paul Jones
The Reproduction of Racial Differences in Educational Achievement: A Structurationist Analysis by Jeremy D. Browning
A Critical Analysis of Gender-based Property Relations in Ghana by Cherub Antwi-Nsiah and James O. Huff
Concluding Remarks: "The Giddens Phenomenon"--Fuzzy Theory and Empirical Cutting Edges by Eliza K. Ellis Husband
References
Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James O Huff, David Wilson
• Con la collaborazione di: James O. Huff (Editore), David Wilson (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.04.1994
• EAN: 9780275946142
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94614-2
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, North America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social groups, Political Economy, North America (USA and Canada), Human rights, civil rights, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Social groups, communities and identities, Geography and World Cultures