Rational choice theory : resisting colonization

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Rational Choice Theory is the first book length critique of this theory, dominant in sociology outside the UK and now making in roads in the UK, and increasingly influential in other disciplines. This controversial volume argues that the theory is an inadequate way in which to evaluate decision making inadequate in terms of: * the individuals who make the decisions * the process by which decisions get made * the context within which decisions get made. The critique 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, including race, marriage, health and education. … celý popis

Podrobná bibliografie

Další autoři

Margaret Scotford Archer, 1943-2023
Jonathan Q. Tritter, 1965-

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

xii, 257 s.

Vydáno

London : Routledge, 2000

Vydání

1st pub.

Edice

Critical realism: interventions

Témata

ekonomická sociologie

rozhodování

teorie rozhodování

teorie racionální volby

ekonomické chování

economic sociology

decision making

decision theory

rational choice theory

economic behavior

studie

studies

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ISBN

0-415-24271-1
0-415-24272-X