Later contributions to this tradition include, inter alia, Giddens’ theory
of structuration. According to Giddens (1984; 1987) the structuring, or
‘structuration’ of social interaction, or social relations, across time and
space always involves three elements: the communication of meaning, the
exercise of power and the evaluative judgment of conduct. Structure as signification
involves semantic rules; as domination, unequally distributed
resources; and as legitimation, moral or evaluative rules. ‘Interpretive
schemes’ are the modes of typification incorporated within actors’ stocks
of knowledge, applied reflexively in the sustaining of communication.