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FROM COMMUNITY DIMENTION TO INDIVIDUAL DIMENTION – THEORY AND METHODOLOGY

Loc Duc Nguyen 1, *
  1. University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM
Correspondence to: Loc Duc Nguyen, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM. Email: pvphuc@hcmuns.edu.vn.
Volume & Issue: Vol. 15 No. 4 (2012) | Page No.: 55-69 | DOI: 10.32508/stdj.v15i4.1839
Published: 2012-12-30

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Abstract

The paper focuses on the review of dilemma theory process, between public theory and personal one. These two viewpoints are the focus of theoretical debate lasting many years in academic community in the field of social science all over the world between the school of structuralism and that of agency theory. The paper aims to describe theoretical and methodological issues in the research of community and personal relationships. When it comes to the "individual" and "society", people often mistakenly believe that these are two separate entities, as if they could exist independently of each other, but in fact this is a whole with two inseparable levels. This suggests that in addition to the provisions of social structures, different individual behavior strategies also play an important role in the efforts to maintain, strengthen or adjust and change these structures.

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