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Social Change in a Material World.

Av: Materialtyp: TextSerie: Utgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2019Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (229 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429628467
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 303.4
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Innehåll:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 On changes, events, and processes -- 2 The practice plenum -- 3 The material dimension of social life -- 4 Social dynamics I: chains of activity -- 5 Social dynamics II: material events and processes -- 6 Explaining social changes -- 7 Dealing with complexity: overviews -- 8 Challenging social theoretical stalwarts -- References -- Index.
Sammanfattning: This book offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 On changes, events, and processes -- 2 The practice plenum -- 3 The material dimension of social life -- 4 Social dynamics I: chains of activity -- 5 Social dynamics II: material events and processes -- 6 Explaining social changes -- 7 Dealing with complexity: overviews -- 8 Challenging social theoretical stalwarts -- References -- Index.

This book offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements.

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