Race, Ethnicity, Nation, and Class within Theories of Structure and Agency
Author(s)
McCaughan, Edward J.
Abstract
An inadequate comprehension of the relationship between social structure and human agency has caused a failure to understand the conflicts among race, ethnicity, nation and class. Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Lacan are among those who theorized on structure and agency. Theorists of the 1980s, including Immanuel Wallerstein and Samir Amin, have helped to expand understanding of the influences of race, ethnicity, class and nationalism.
