Giddens Reader

This collection of essays contains a selection of readings from the works of the pre-eminent social theorist, Anthony Giddens.

A wide range of theoretical issues are covered, including the author's encounter with the writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons and Foucault.;The "reader" also presents elaborations of Giddens' own approach to the fundamental questions of social theory.

His views on power, time-space and the relationship between action and structure are represented, as are his analyses of the "late modern age".