Publication 1

In 2003 Professor Tor Hernes and Professor Tore Bakken published a paper entitled "Implications of Self-Reference: Niklas Luhmann's autopoiesis and organization theory" in Organization Studies.

This paper has been included in a prestigious 4-volume with SAGE entitled "Structure and agency" where other contributors include Marx, Bourdieu, Giddens, Castells, Mead, Weber, Archer, and Hall. The set is a collection of classic and contemporary readings on structure and agency in sociology.

Structure and Agency is a collection of classic and contemporary readings on this central sociological theme. Readings from Marx, Weber and Durkheim are included as well as recent pieces by authorities including Margaret Archer, Pierre Bourdieu and Stuart Hall. These four volumes cover respectively the seminal sources of the structure/agency debate and the ‘cultural turn’; critical theory, Giddens’ structuration theory, and critical realism; the application of theory to specific areas of social life; network theory and globalization; and a conclusion covering current theoretical trends and debates. The editor’s introduction provides a parallel historical and theoretical commentary to the readings.

Volume I: Modernity, Sociology and the Structure/Agency Debate

Volume II: Postmodernity - An End to the Structure /Agency Dichotomy

Volume III: Structure/Agency Theories Applied

Volume IV: Network Theory - Transcending the Traditional Limits of Structure/Agency

Structure and Agency

Four-Volume Set

Mike O'Donnell (Lead Author/Editor), University of Westminster, UK

Published May 2010

1672 pages

SAGE Publications Ltd

Hardcover ISBN: 9781848600317