TY - BOOK AU - Kaspersen,Lars Bo TI - Anthony Giddens: an introduction to a social theorist SN - 0631207341 AV - HM479.G54 K3713 2000 U1 - 301.01 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, UK, Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell Publishers KW - Giddens, Anthony KW - Sociology KW - Methodology KW - Social structure KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index; Introduction --; 1; Anthony Giddens, the Positive Critic: the Dialogue with Classical and Modern Sociology --; 2; Giddens as Constructor: the Theory of Structuration as a Response to the Dualism of Social Theory --; 3; The Theory of Structuration --; 4; Giddens's Theory of the State: the Nation-state and War --; 5; The Analysis of Modernity: Globalization, the Transformation of Intimacy, and the Post-traditional Society --; 6; Giddens and Politics: toward Positive Welfare, Generative Politics, and the Radical Center --; 7; The Post-traditional Society and Radical Politics: an Interview with Anthony Giddens --; 8; Giddens's Social and Political Theory: Some Critical Viewpoints --; Epilogue ER -