PCJ260Y1 Lecture Notes - Narcissism, United Nations Interim Administration Mission In Kosovo, Economic Reconstruction
23 Apr 2013
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Identity vs. interest based ideas of agency (actors) -> not radical alternatives in which both of these accounts can be connected. 1st model - rational actors ( choices people make strategic actions/considerations) actors that act based in utility, cost benefit calculations -> actors used ordered preferences and interest to make decisions to maximize their utility . Assume they know full information to make such decisions . Have pre-given preferences, already know preferences before they come to any interaction . Socialized, embedded within societies and groups in which they belong -> are norms that expect them to play certain roles in light of where they stand . Not pre-given goals, but as social construction changes so does the goals -> culture, identities , deep sense of belonging to a group . Engage in social action through logic/expectations of a group . Expected because of norms of group in which he belongs to act in certain ways .
