Struggles to take in Western perspectives (5)
I believe the answer is:
views
'perspectives' is the definition.
('view' can be a synonym of 'perspective')
'struggles to take in western' is the wordplay.
'struggles' becomes 'vies' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to take in' indicates putting letters inside.
'western' becomes 'w'.
'vies' placed around 'w' is 'VIEWS'.
(Other definitions for views that I've seen before include "Aspects, panoramas" , "Opinions, perspectives" , "Looks at; opinions" , "Wives (anag.)" , "Vistas; opinions" .)