..."theory-effect." 66. More recently, Giddens (1990b: 36-45, citation on p. 38) has made reflexivity, defined as "the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character," a defining property of modernity. 67. "The historical...

...educationalists and people in business. (The Times, 12July) 2 The reflexivity of modern social life consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character. (Giddens, 1990, p.38) 3 Advocates of the 'Action Research'...

...modernity as markedly and distinctively reflexive: "the reflexivity of modern social life consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character."2 To claim a particular importance for the years of revolution...

...lawyer in business relations is a good example of the reflexivity in modern life. In Giddens' terms, social practices are constantly examined and reformed...of incoming information about those very practices (1991, p. 38). He mentions the discourse of economics as another example of these practices. A number...

...says Anthony Giddens, because it is "reflexive": The reflexivity of modern social life consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character. ... In all cultures, social practices are routinely altered...

...the end of communism these have automatically reappeared. In addition, the reflexivity of modernity, that "social practices are constantly examined and...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character" (Giddens, 1990, p. 38), has been much impeded by communism,...

...sociological practice have not been sufficiently addressed. The reflexivity of modernity 'consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character' (Giddens 1990: 38). This reflexivity has become extremely...

...and they cannot be separated. In Giddens's words, "The reflexivity of modern social life consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character."51 Giddens recognizes that, despite its spread throughout...

...characteristic "reflexivity of modernity" is defined in Giddens (1990, pp. 36-45): it "consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character." In Beyond Left and Right Giddens introduces a distinction...

...demanding constant reappraisal and reorientation: 'The reflexivity of modern social life consists in the fact that social practices are constantly examined...of incoming information about those very practices, thus constitutively altering their character' (ibid., p. 38). 6 The core of reflexivity, therefore...