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You will remember that Part II of this book consisted of an examination of approaches to sociology that regarded individuals, their understandings and their interactions as the fundamental basis of social life. Conversely, in Chapter 2, we saw how Durkheim regarded social structures as real things that governed the understandings and interactions of individuals. This structuralist approach was further elaborated in a brief discussion at the start of Part III. Both of these approaches, while coming to opposite conclusions, are concerned with the same basic problematic: how should we conceive of the relationship between social action and social structure?
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Porter, S. (1998). Structuration theory and critical realism. In: Social Theory and Nursing Practice. Sociology and Nursing Practice Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14441-9_8
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