Reproducing the social structure: A Marxist critique of Anthony Giddens's Structuration Methodology

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1019-1033

  O'Boyle, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agency; Global neo liberalism; Marxism; Methodology; Structure

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC THEORY; MARXISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84883440196     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes092     Document Type: Article

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