Exam 13: Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Both Georges Gurvitch and George Ritzer account for subjectivity and objectivity in their micro-macro integration.

According to Jeffrey Alexander, which describes the problem of order at the macro level?

Which of the following marks the macro pole of George Ritzer's macro-micro continuum?

Pierre Bourdieu hoped to bridge constructivism and structuralism rather than agency and structure.

According to Jeffrey Alexander, which describes the problem of action at the macro level?

Anthony Giddens places greater emphasis on systems that emerge from intended rather than unintended actions.

Outline the differences across the Agency-Structure literature.

According to Habermas, the ______ is the domain of substantive rationality.

Which of the following research programs grew out of Anthony Giddens' structuration theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following can be classified as an agent? Select all, but only those that apply.

The micro-macro linkage and relating of agency and structure are similar metatheoretical movements happening on different sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

While some theorists focus on integrating micro and macro theories, others deal with the links between the micro and macro levels.

Which of the following marks the micro pole of Georges Gurvitch's macro-micro continuum?

Discursive consciousness involves actions that cannot be described in words.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the macro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

In giving agents the power to change the world, Anthony Giddens affords agency great power in his structuration theory.

According to C. Wright Mills paradigm, _____ are public or affect large numbers of people.

Agency can refer to both micro-level actors and macro-level collective actions.

Although seldom interpreted as such because of micro-macro extremism, which classic sociologist(s) originally linked microscopic and macroscopic theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

Norbert Elias argues the process of civilization involved the throwing-off of monarchs and nobles.