Agency in Institutional Context

Utilitarian Copyright and Technological Disruption

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21475339
AutoresMarguerite Cartwright (0000-0002-3081-1096, The University of Sydney, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume44
Fascículo1
Páginas30-38
Data de publicação2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0190-0692 • E-ISSN: 1532-4265
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01900692.2020.1795670
OpenAlexW3044789408
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

Different approaches in historical institutionalism have different understandings of how agency relates to its institutional setting. For some scholars, institutions are so restraining that only during times of crisis are agents sufficiently free to pursue change. For others, agents can work within institutions to pursue incremental change. However, even for these more agent-focused approaches, institutions are generally seen as restraining. Drawing on the agents-in-context approach, this article argues that institutions not only shape the preferences of agents but also the means to pursue these preferences. This is illustrated through two cases of technological change, which disrupted copyright law

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