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The Causal Power of Social Structures: Emergence, Structure and Agency
Dave Elder-Vass
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Paperback. This book provides a solution to the problem of social structure and individual agency, an intense debate in the social sciences. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354. Emergence, Structure and Agency. 234 pages. This 2010 book provides a solution to the problem of social structure and individual agency, an intense debate in the social sciences. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHBA. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight: 370.
The problem of structure and agency has been the subject of intense debate in the social sciences for over 100 years. This book offers a solution. Using a critical realist version of the theory of emergence, Dave Elder-Vass argues that, instead of ascribing causal significance to an abstract notion of social structure or a monolithic concept of society, we must recognise that it is specific groups of people that have social structural power. Some of these groups are entities with emergent causal powers, distinct from those of human individuals. Yet these powers also depend on the contributions of human individuals, ... Read more
The problem of structure and agency has been the subject of intense debate in the social sciences for over 100 years. This book offers a solution. Using a critical realist version of the theory of emergence, Dave Elder-Vass argues that, instead of ascribing causal significance to an abstract notion of social structure or a monolithic concept of society, we must recognise that it is specific groups of people that have social structural power. Some of these groups are entities with emergent causal powers, distinct from those of human individuals. Yet these powers also depend on the contributions of human individuals, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107402973
SKU
V9781107402973
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Reviews for The Causal Power of Social Structures: Emergence, Structure and Agency
Review of the hardback: 'Dave Elder-Vass has written a book of exceptional clarity in defence of realist ontology with an unusual generosity of examples. His 'relational theory of emergence' is so restrained that philosophical opponents will find it hard to rebutt; whether his notion of 'relationality' is sufficiently rich may provoke more debate amongst sociologists.' Margaret S. Archer, University of ... Read more