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The Individual/Agent and Culture/Structure in the History of the Social Sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Caroline B. Brettell
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In facing up to the problem of structure and agency social theorists are not just addressing crucial theoretical problems in the study of society, they are also confronting the most pressing social problem of the human condition.

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Presidential Address
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Social Science History , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , Fall 2002 , pp. 429 - 445
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2002 

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