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Presentation by:
Rohan Desai (109)
Manpreet Mann (126)
Aditya Nair (130)
Abhrajit Sett (141)
Sreejit Sukumar (152)
Vishal Thakkar (154)
Models of agency
§The author has defined two models of agencies - Disjoint and conjoint.
Good action is defined as those that Good action is defined as those that
adjust to the environment and influence the environment according
promote interdependence with other to individual motives, goals and
people. preferences.
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To define 2 models of agency, The author
cites an example of Hurricane Katrina.
Drawback:
j The observers assumed that influencing the
environment was the only way to be agentic. Stayer¶s
actions were not viewed as making sense and hence
their different socio-cultural perspectives were lost.
Study 2