Abstract
Attempts to measure psychological agency have drawn on social psychology scholarship.
Nonetheless, it is well documented that the Euro/American psychology paradigm is challenged by its tendency
to universalise its theories. This raises a challenge for development scholars trying to measure the psychological
domain; especially regarding understanding what the psychological domain may mean to people outside the
Western liberal tradition. We examine the use of theoretical measures of psychological agency against local
concepts of psychological agency from a neighbourhood on the urban fringe of Bamako. We conclude that there is
no clear association between local and theoretical measures of psychological agency and therefore there is a need
to include local and theoretical measures in the study of agency
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1284-1302 |
Journal | The Journal of Development Studies |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |