Explain Giddens’s duality of structure.
What will be an ideal response?
Giddens defines rules as shared (i.e., collective) recipes of know-how that enable individuals to meaningfully navigate their everyday lives. As generalized procedures for “getting on,” rules are not the creation or “property” of isolated individuals. Instead, their existence transcends individuals, as we are born into a culture whose rules and procedures for making sense of the world predate our birth. Yet, these recipes do not exist outside of their use by individuals; they exist only insofar as people apply them. Insofar as rules are not of our own making they constrain our ability to act: we are not free to make up the rules that guide our everyday conduct, instead we follow preexisting rules. At the same time, however, rules are enabling because they
provide us with the shared know-how and guidelines that make coordinated social action possible.
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The split labor market theory is based on the
a. Conflict perspective b. Social-psychological perspective c. Functionalist perspective d. Marxist perspective
Compared to Whites, Blacks
a. earn home equity slower b. earn less overall home equity c. have a greater risk of returning to renting d. all of these choices are correct
The difference between just a case study and the extended case method involves: a. units of analysis
b. testing social theory. c. difference in research paradigms. d. data analysis. e. interpretation of results.
According to the conflict perspective, social change occurs
a. very slowly and unpredictably. b. as a result of groups trying to advance their own selfish collective interests. c. when there is full cooperation between groups in the society. d. only when war or natural disaster are present.