Anthony Giddens

Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens, Professor Lord Giddens (b. Edmonton, London, January 18, 1938) is a British sociologist who is renowned for his theory of structuration.

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Edmonton, London - January 18 - 1938 - British - Sociologist - Theory of structuration

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Giddens worked for many years at the University of Cambridge and was eventually promoted to a full professorship in 1987. In 1997 he became director of the London School of Economics and Political Science until 2003 and a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute for Public Policy Research. He is an advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair; it was Giddens whose "third way" political approach has been Tony Blair's guiding political idea. He was given a life peerage in June 2004, as Baron Giddens, of Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield and sits in the House of Lords for Labour.

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University of Cambridge - London School of Economics and Political Science - Institute for Public Policy Research - British - Prime Minister - Tony Blair - Third way - 2004 - House of Lords - Labour

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Giddens' ambition is both to recast social theory and to re-examine our understanding of the development and trajectory of modernity. He gave the 1999 BBC Reith Lectures, on the topic of "The Runaway World", reflections on globalisation, available here.

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BBC - Reith Lectures

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