2013•Asian Social ScienceOpen access

Agency-Structure Relation in Social Sciences: Reflections on Policy Implementation

D. Daniel Kipo

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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.

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Key concepts: Agency (philosophy), Structure and agency, Relation (database), Autonomy, Power (physics), Sociology, Social structure, Epistemology