Reconceptualizing Agency within the Life Course: The Power of Looking Ahead
Abstract
Empirical treatments of agency have not caught up with theoretical explication; empirical projects almost always focus on concurrent beliefs about one's ability to act successfully without sufficiently attending to temporality. The authors suggest that understanding the modern life course necessitates a multidimensional understanding of subjective agency involving (a) perceived capacities and (b) perceived life chances, or expectations about...
Paper Details
Title
Reconceptualizing Agency within the Life Course: The Power of Looking Ahead
Published Date
Mar 1, 2015
Volume
120
Issue
5
Pages
1429 - 1472
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