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This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between agency and structure in international politics, meticulously moving from foundational ontological theories to practical empirical inquiry. It offers advanced insights into the theoretical underpinnings and methodological approaches essential for understanding the dynamics of global politics, serving as a critical resource for scholars and students in the field.

Anthony Giddens' Structuration Theory offers a profound sociological framework that explores the dynamic interplay between human agency and social structures. It argues that social life is not merely a product of either individual action or pre-existing structures, but is continuously constituted and reconstituted through their recursive relationship, emphasizing how structures enable and constrain actions while being simultaneously reproduced or transformed by them.