Talk:Anthony Giddens

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Questions

I am expanding this stub, but there are few things in his writings I don't understand. Namely:

If there are "no universal stages, or periodization, of social development" than how can he differentiate between pre-modern/modern/late modern societies at all?
His concept of importance of 'time-space' in the structurization theory still eludes me.

--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 00:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GA

Here's my reasoning:

There is only one picture of him, and it is fair use, not GFDL.
Possibly too long, consider condensing.
Could use a thorough copyedit by a third person familiar with this topic (I'm not), as much of this article has been written by one person.
Select Bibliography may be too long, and needs ISBNs.
Too many redlinks.

It certainly has a lot of information, though. It's well on its way. Just needs a bit more time and TLC. —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 16:18, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tnx. Picture is a though one: I cannot find any copyleft ones with him on it. I'll try to address the others before PR.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 17:27, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Update: can't find another image, can't get copyleft license for it. Can't find anybody else to work on it. ISBNs are optional. I did what I could during the PR/FAC rounds, including dealing with redlinks: do you think it passes the GA criteria now?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 03:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GA nom and adding POV tag

I feel this article fails the first criteria that the prose should be well-written, compelling and accessible for the non-specialist reader. A good effort has been made synthesising summaries of Giddens' work from academic books, but the text is still dauntingly dense for the non-specialist reader. The text also needs a thorough going over for misspellings and syntax e.g. "The problem is, however, that conflicting viewpoints in social science result in a desintrest of the people. For example, when scientist don't agree about the greenhouse-effect, people will withdraw from that arena, and negate that there is a problem. Therefore, the more the sciences expand, the more incertitude there is in the modern society. In this regard, the juggernaut even gets more steerless.". Also there is a lack of NPOV issue as this article is comprehensive in its positive portrayal of Giddens' theories and concepts but it neglects to convey that while he is a very influential contemporary theorist, he is also a much-criticized (as all influential social theorists are) and even academically controversial one (controversial even at Cambridge SPS). Bwithh 04:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]