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<p>In the <a href="page.php?w=social_science">social science</a>s there is a standing debate over the primacy of <b>structure or agency</b> in shaping human behaviour. <a href="page.php?w=Social_structure">Structure</a> is the recurrent patterned arrangements which influence or limit the choices and opportunities available. <a href="page.php?w=Agency_%28sociology%29">Agency</a> is the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. The structure versus agency debate may be understood as an issue of <a href="page.php?w=socialization">socialization</a></p><p>
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