Concepts and measures of agency

Working paper

Abstract:: Agency is inescapably plural in both concept and measurement. In Sen’s account of agency, i) agency is exercised with respect to goals the person values; ii) agency includes effective power as well as direct control; iii) agency may advance wellbeing or may address other-regarding goals; iv) to identify agency also entails an assessment of the value of the agent’s goals; v) the agent’s responsibility for a state of affairs should be incorporated into his or her evaluation of it. This chap...
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Institution:

University of Oxford

Division:

SSD

Department:

International Development

Research group:

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

Role:

Author

International Development Research Centre More from this funder

Publisher:: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Publisher's website
Series:: OPHI working paper
Publication date:: 2008-01-01
Paper number:: 09

Keywords:: efficacy

agency

freedom

imperfect

empowerment

ophi

well-being

effective power

autonomy

obligation

control
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Local pid:: daisy:1495
Source identifiers:: 1495
Deposit date:: 2012-08-07

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