Search for other papers by Dorothy Holland in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by William Lachicotte✝ in
Current site
Google Scholar
(4,957 words)
Abstract: This entry maps recent research in the social sciences and to a lesser extent in philosophy and psychology about human agency. It identifies central topics, such as theories of everyday agency, culturally distinctive discourses and models of agency, cultural worlds as contexts for agency, and the entanglement of agency with power. It situates developments in the actor-centered approaches emerging with practice theory. Lastly, building on previous efforts to make sense of the welter of definitions of “agency,” it argues that studies of agency have tended to coalesce around two concerns: one addressed to “everyday agency,” or the capacity to have effects in the world, and the other, to “transformative agency,” or the capacity to have effects on the world. ⸙
Purchase
Purchase instant access for 1, 7 or 30 days on the home page of this publication.
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
(4,957 words)
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 44 | 44 | 3 |
| Full Text Views | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Search for other papers by Dorothy Holland in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by William Lachicotte✝ in
Current site
Google Scholar
(4,957 words)