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Jan 21, 2019 · Agency refers to the thoughts and actions taken by people that express their individual power. The core challenge at the center of the field of sociology is understanding the relationship between structure and agency.
The authors conceptualize agency as a temporally embedded process of social engagement, informed by the past (in its “iterational” or habitual aspect) but also oriented toward the future (as a “projective” capacity to imagine alternative possibilities) and toward the present (as a “practical‐evaluative” capacity to contextualize ...
- Mustafa Emirbayer, Ann Mische
- 1998
Feb 4, 2024 · Agency refers to an individual’s capacity to act and make choices within a social structure. It is the ability of individuals to exercise their free will and make decisions that shape their lives and influence the society they live in.
Oct 22, 2018 · There are five types of structures providing the context for actions, namely interactional structure, axio-normative structure, ideal structure, opportunity structure and material infrastructure. The collective actions taken by social movements may revolutionize morality or law.
Nov 17, 2022 · This introductory chapter outlines the main ideas in identity theory to orient the reader to what this book is about. It includes discussions of social structure, agency, and symbolic interaction. Identities are discussed as activated at the micro level of society, but embedded in meso-level and macro-level social structures and culture.
Aug 1, 2022 · Prompted by recent developments of the Capability Approach, this article proposes a framework for the study of agency that defines individual agency as the result of a conversion process of personal resources shaped by conversion factors.
Jun 30, 2021 · In this article I argue for a relational approach to the agency–structure problem. Structure has three dimensions from this perspective but, at its most fundamental, it is a network comprising social actors (human and corporate) and the relations connecting them.
