Rational Choice Theory

  • Rational Choice Theory: Resisting Colonisation
    By Margaret S. Archer, Jonathan Q. Tritter

    Contributors to this volume are convinced that it provides an inadequate conceptualization of all aspects of decision making: of the individuals who make the decisions, of the process by which decisions get made and of the context within ...

  • Rational Choice Theory: Potential and Limits
    By Lina Eriksson

    Balanced and insightful, this important new text gives a nuanced and elegant evaluation of the potential and limits of rational choice theory.

  • Rational Choice Theory
    By Peter Abell

    'Rational Choice Theory is a flourishing branch of economic sociology.' Modern sociological theory has to a considerable degree been fashioned in reaction to assumptions about human rationality. This important volume...

  • Rational Choice Theory: Potential and Limits
    By Lina Eriksson

    Balanced and insightful, this important new text gives a nuanced and elegant evaluation of the potential and limits of rational choice theory.

  • Rational Choice Theory: Advocacy and Critique
    By James S. Coleman, Thomas J. Farraro

    Rational Choice Theory is one of the few general theories of how individuals, groups, organizations and social structures behave - its impact on sociological theorizing has been enormous. In...

  • Rational Choice Theory: Advocacy and Critique
    By James Samuel Coleman, Thomas J. Farraro

    In this volume, advocates and critics present their views of the values and limitations of rational choice theory.

  • Rational Choice Theory: Resisting Colonization
    By Margaret Scotford Archer, Jonathan Q. Tritter

    The fascinating title focuses on the four assumptions which are the bedrock of rational choice; rationality, individualism, process and aggregation and draws on a wide range of social issues such as race, marriage, health + education.