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What does structuration mean?

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Noun
  1. (sociology) A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies of social systems such as agency/structure, subjective/objective, and micro/macro perspectives.
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A pervasive theory of structuration needs to be built on preceding knowledge about agency and subjectivity.
A narrative about place yields structuration of meaning generated from identity to produce what is most salient about place.
Alienated subjects cannot directly perceive how they participate in a wider process of structuration of meaning.
Viewed in light of class inequality as a structuration process, modularity has both a utopian and a reifying aspect.
To circumvent this difficulty, Hegel reformulates the problem of necessity as pertaining to the structuration of consciousness.
We demonstrate this claim through an arena in which we argue that processes of scalar structuration are of especial significance.

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