Imitation strategies and interfirm networks in the tourism industry: A structure–agency approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.01.003
Abstract: Abstract The paper investigates the association between tourism firms’ imitation strategies and the interfirm network structure in which they are embedded. In particular, it analyzes how imitation contributes to (1) tie formation and (2) clustered… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; imitation strategies; imitation; structure ... See more keywords
The Network and the Society: Structure and Agency in Castells’ Theory
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221092805
Abstract: The aim of the article is to explore the theoretical tension between structure and agency as laid out by Manuel Castells, from The Rise of the Network Society (1996) to Networks of Outrage and Hope… read more here.
Keywords: structure agency; agency; structure; network society ... See more keywords
A Dependent Structure of Interdependence: Structure and Agency in Relational Perspective
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DOI: 10.1177/00380385211020231
Abstract: In this article I argue for a relational approach to the agency–structure problem. Structure has three dimensions from this perspective but, at its most fundamental, it is a network comprising social actors (human and corporate)… read more here.
Keywords: dependent structure; structure interdependence; interdependence structure; structure ... See more keywords
Unauthorised migration beyond structure/agency? Acts, interventions, effects
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DOI: 10.1177/0263395716679674
Abstract: What are the most appropriate conceptual tools by which to develop an analysis of ‘unauthorised migration’? Is ‘migrant agency’ an effective critical concept in the context of a so-called European migration ‘crisis’? This article reflects… read more here.
Keywords: structure agency; migration; acts interventions; unauthorised migration ... See more keywords
Politics of power: Engaging with the structure-agency debate from a class-based perspective:
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DOI: 10.1177/0263395717692346
Abstract: This article provides a historical materialist critique and response to Bob Jessop’s Strategic-Relational-Approach (SRA) to the structure-agency debate. The critique is developed in four steps and ... read more here.
Keywords: structure agency; politics power; agency debate;
Understanding Structure and Agency as Commercial Determinants of Health
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DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.127
Abstract: The limited success to date, by the public health community, to address the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted growing attention to the commercial determinants of health. This has led to a much… read more here.
Keywords: structure agency; health; commercial determinants; determinants health ... See more keywords