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Touraine Alain Biography

French sociologist, best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society". His work is based on a "sociology of action," and believes that society shapes its future through structural mechanisms and its own social struggles. His key interest for most of his career has been with social movements. He has studied and written extensively on workers movements across the world, particularly in Latin America and more recently in Poland. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less