Agency and structure: Interpreting power relationships

Journal of Power

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Dowding, Keith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Power; Rational choice; Resources; Structuration; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956244594     PISSN: 17540291     EISSN: 17540305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17540290801943380     Document Type: Article

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