Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research, Hardcover by Wittek, Rafael (EDT...

Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research, Hardcover by Wittek, Rafael (EDT); Snijders, Tom A. B. (EDT); Nee, Victor (EDT), ISBN 0804784183, ISBN-13 9780804784184, Brand New, Free shipping in the USEmphasizing the link between theory and empirical research, this work for scholars supplies an overview of research in sociology that was guided by rational choice reasoning, covering a broad range of topics in which the rational choice approach has proven to be a powerful tool of analysis. International contributors in theoretical sociology, information studies, economics, and political science address both theoretical and empirical issues in each chapter. Chapters construct the major assumptions, causal mechanisms, and theoretical propositions of various rational choice models and discuss problems and solutions. The first part of th reviews the microfoundations of rational choice theory and discusses rationality assumptions. Part 2 provides examples for rational choice models, focusing on inequality in social processes. The next three sections focus on the role of institutional contexts governing behavior in communities, markets, organizations, and states. Editor Wittek teaches at the University of Groningen. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()