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situated agency  

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  • Situated agency has to do with the relationship between conduct and context involving meaningful human actions. Central to giving an explanatory account of human behavior and social practices, whether explicitly or implicitly, is a conception of the relationship between concepts and practices, meaning and action. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Situated Agency]

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