… Such inscriptions are key devices in the establishment of actor networks, as actors use …
Actor-network theory thus emphasizes the agency of those involved in producing these networks. …

… actant rhizomes’ rather than ‘actor networks’, and John Law has … ’ in English) and the term
‘actor network’ (Law 2004). Both refer … This is why it is helpful to see actor network theory as a …

… It reviews and compares two different traditions, the ‘cultural turn’ in social network analysis
and actor-network theory, which both view networks as culturally constituted processes. The …

… While there is still no clear answer to this question, the arguments presented above do
indicate that a relational sociology can incorporate some recognition of the efficacy of the social. …

… Actor network theory as developed by Latour, Callon, Law, and others shares a deep focus
on relations as productive of action, including nonhuman objects and sites in its network …

… in ‘relational sociology’ conceptualize social relations, locating myself closer to the emerging
relational … However, I begin with a critique of how relational sociology is conceptualized in …

… Ultimately, once we conceptualize agency as a network, uncovering the heterogeneous “actor
networks” of associations allows us to explain the mechanics of power and organization in …

… The issues raised in this paper by the application of an actor network approach to the
medical technologies with which asthmatic children (and others) have to cope will feed into and …

… In this chapter I outline and develop the key principles of relational sociology, as I conceive
of it, showing how this approach affords a ‘third way’ between methodological individualism …

… paradigm, sociology has many; instead of a strong core of general sociological theory and
research, we have many special sociologies, each with their own concepts, theories, and …