Introduction/PART ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL THEORY/The Legacy of Classical Sociological Theory/New Rules of Sociological Method/Positivism Interpretive Sociology and Structuration Theory/Structuration Theory/Reconceptualizing Agency and Structure/PART TWO: SOCIAL CHANGE AND MODERNITY/The State Capitalism and Social Change/The Culture of Modernity/From the Critique of Postmodernism to the Rise of the New Social Movements/The Problems and Possibilities of a Democratic Public Life in Late Modern Societies/Feminism Sexuality and Self-Identity/Conclusion