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structuration

structuration

9.9
The way people and rules work together to create and keep social structures
  • noun
  • /strʌkʧəˈreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estructuración
  • The study of social behavior involves understanding the process of structuration, where individual actions shape and are shaped by societal rules.
  • structuration theory

Examples

  • Anthony Giddens' seminal work on structuration theory (1984) is relevant here as it considers the symbiotic relationship between agency and structure; the structure of an organisation such as CAC and the broader social structures under which it operates cannot be separated from the agency of those who work towards implementing them.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Saskia Sassen suggests that the "internal structuration of states" is, in fact, an element of analyses of the state and globalization that has been neglected.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Pred's structuration approach of place "becoming" also suggests new techniques to conduct studies that include the time dimension.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Her regional geography of Mediterranean irrigated lands in ancient times is structuration theory in practice.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Pred (1984) applied structuration theory to the idea of place.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Semple's regional studies of eastern Kentucky and the Mediterranean are examined in light of present-day structuration theory.

    Academic text (1992)

  • To appreciate my contention that Semple offers at least a rudimentary structuration theory, we must first briefly examine the theory.

    Academic text (1992)

  • I apply the elements of structuration theory to Semple's work on the Mediterranean, with some attention to her early article on the Appalachian area of Kentucky.

    Academic text (1992)

  • If there is to be a new regional geography and if structuration theory plays a role in finding new ways of knowing the concept of region, it is worth reassessing regional geographers such as Semple.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The birthday chosen is perhaps not a coincidence: the symbolic structuration undergone by the eighteen-year-old is not far different from that previously experienced by the eighteen-month-old.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

social process
vsstructuration
1 4.8

A way people form groups, meet, and make connections that change society

focuses on how structures are created and maintained by actions, rules, resources

Antonyms

dissolution
  • Formal
20 6.8

The official ending of a group like a partnership or parliament

disorganization
  • US
7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

How Structured

bureaucratization
  • Formal
1 8.7
structuration
  • Specialized
9.9
informality
4 4.9
anarchy
79 6.5

Surface Forms

structuration singular
structurations plural

Morphology

structuration = structure (semi-transparent) = structure + ation

The form clearly suggests 'the process of structuring', but the sociological meaning is a specialized theoretical extension.

Etymology

Structuration comes from an old Latin root struere meaning 'to build' and the ending -ation meaning 'a process', and you can see the same idea in the word structure. So structuration is like the 'building' of social structures — how people's actions make and keep the rules and institutions of a society.