Structure and Agency in Everyday Life: An Introduction to Social Psychology

Structure and Agency in Everyday Life: An Introduction to Social Psychology
ISBN-10
0742525287
ISBN-13
9780742525283
Category
Psychology
Pages
353
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Gil Richard Musolf

Description

Structure and Agency in Everyday Life outlines the major concepts of interactionism through its leading theoreticians, from William James to Erving Goffman, to contemporary writers. The text underscores the dynamic relationship between the structures or social forces of constraint and humans' ability to act self-reflexively and constitute meaning in their lives through everyday action. The major foci of interactionism-emotions, deviance, childhood socialization, gender, the negotiated order, and the self are covered in-depth. The text presents a history of the interactionist perspective.

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