Abstract
The paper discusses important and highly contested agency and structure issue in philosophy of social science. The agency-structure relation focuses on autonomy and control. It draws more insights from Giddens thinking. Also, the paper discusses agency-structure relation in policy implementation. Discussions start with conceptualizations of agents, agency, structure and power relations between agency-structure. The paper specifically highlights problematics in agency-structure and relates them to policy implementation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18-26 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Asian Social Science |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Agency
- Policy implementation
- Power
- Public policy
- Structuration
- Structure