Its critics have argued that-
(i) They appear to lack any motives and goals.
(ii) There is little indication in the writings of ethnomethodologists as to why people want to behave or are made to behave in particular ways. Nor is there much consideration of the nature of power in the social world and the possible effects of differences in power on members’ behaviour.
(iii) Ethnomethodologists have failed to give due consideration to the fact that members’ accounting procedures are conducted within a system of social relationships involving differences in power.
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(iv) Many ethnomethodologists appear to dismiss everything which is not recognized and accounted for by members of society.
(v) They do not have not had to recognize certain constraints in order for their behaviour to be affected by them