Giddens' structuration theory
Giddens' theory that structure and agency are dually constitutive: social structures shape actions, but human agency reproduces and transforms structures through action.
Real World
Social media users follow platform norms (structure shapes behaviour), but viral activism movements like #MeToo show individuals collectively transforming those very structures through coordinated action.
Exam Focus
Structuration questions reward the phrase 'duality of structure' — show you understand it as a two-way relationship, not structure simply constraining agency.
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