Lifestyles and Consumption (Giddens) - Duality of structure and agency

4 important questions on Lifestyles and Consumption (Giddens) - Duality of structure and agency

What do Giddens say about the social structures

They are fixed, although it is important to remember they are constructed by, and related to, human action.

Why have some people more agency than others?

Because Agency, the extent to which individuals are seen as having the capacity to think and make decisions with relative independence from larger, structural forces, are dependent on the "powers' (e.g. Money, time, status etc.) what you have

What is the duality of structure?

social structures are both constituted by human agency and yet at the same time are the very medium of this constitution.
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What is Unintended consequences of actions?

e.g. reproduce market relations, realize their gender and sexuality, reproduce class relations, etc.

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