Author by: Margaret S. ArcherLanguange: enPublisher by: RoutledgeFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 67Total Download: 447File Size: 55,8 MbDescription: Rational Choice Theory is flourishing in sociology and is increasingly influential in other disciplines. 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 which decisions get made. Author by: Mary ZeyLanguange: enPublisher by: SAGEFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 61Total Download: 903File Size: 45,7 MbDescription: This book addresses a question central to organizational analysis: Given the well-established differences between rational choice and organizational theories, what are the limits of fruitful dialogue and collaboration between the two fields? Rational Choice Theory and Organizational Theory is written in response to the neoclassical economic rational choice theories and organizational economic theories which have emerged in the past decade.

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Rational choice theory exemplifies a highly abstract, deductive approach characterized by the development of models based on deliberately, rigidly simplified assumptions. In contrast, Mary Zey argues that the empirical validity of the structure of organizations. Author by: Steve BruceLanguange: enPublisher by: Oxford University Press on DemandFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 77Total Download: 831File Size: 50,7 MbDescription: The orthodox view is that the democracies of the western world have become increasingly secular over the twentieth century.

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Fewer and fewer people have chosen to believe, and the church has declined markedlyas religion has changed from being part of an identity ascribed at birth to being a matter of personal choice. Choice and Religion provides a detailed critique of the 'rational choice' approach to religion to demonstrate that industrialisation has secularised the western world and that diversity,far from making religion more popular by allowing individuals to maximize their returns, undermines it. The claim that diversity and competition promote religion is refuted with evidence from a wide variety of western societies. Bruce examine the Nordic countries and the ex-communist states ofeastern Europe to explore the consequences of different sorts of state regulation, and to show that ethnicity is a more powerful determinate of religious change than market structures. Where religion matters, it is not because individuals are maximising their returns, it is because it defines groupidentity and is heavily implicated in social conflict. Author by: Lawrence A. YoungLanguange: enPublisher by: RoutledgeFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 91Total Download: 559File Size: 41,8 MbDescription: Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradigms that promises to foster a greater theoretical unity among the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics and psychology.

Applying the theory of rational choice-the theory that each individual will make her choice to maximize gain and minimize cost-to the study of religion, Lawrence Young has brought together a group of internationally renowned scholars to examine this important development within the field of religion for the first time. Author by: Joe OppenheimerLanguange: enPublisher by: Cambridge University PressFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 77Total Download: 736File Size: 50,8 MbDescription: This book presents the rational choice theories of collective action and social choice, applying them to problems of public policy and social justice. Joe Oppenheimer has crafted a basic survey of, and pedagogic guide to, the findings of public choice theory for political scientists. He describes the problems of collective action, institutional structures, regime change, and political leadership. Author by: Andrew T. GuzmanLanguange: enPublisher by: Oxford University PressFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 68Total Download: 601File Size: 46,6 MbDescription: How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works.

Though appeals to international law have grown ever more central to international disputes and international relations, there is no well-developed, comprehensive theory of how international law shapes policy outcomes. Filling a conspicuous gap in the literature on international law, Andrew T.

Guzman builds a coherent theory from the ground up and applies it to the foundations of the international legal system. Using tools from across the social sciences Guzman deploys a rational choice methodology to explain how a legal system can succeed in the absence of coercive enforcement. He demonstrates how even rational and selfish states are motivated by concerns about reciprocal non-compliance, retaliation, and reputation to comply with their international legal commitments. Contradicting the conventional view of the subject among international legal scholars, Guzman argues that the primary sources of international commitment-formal treaties, customary international law, soft law, and even international norms-must be understood as various points on a spectrum of commitment rather than wholly distinct legal structures. Taking a rigorous and theoretically sound look at international law, How International Law Works provides an in-depth, thoroughgoing guide to the complexities of international law, offers guidance to those managing relations among nations, and helps us to understand when we can look to international law to resolve problems, and when we must accept that we live in an anarchic world in which some issues can be resolved only through politics. Author by: Mark I.

LichbachLanguange: enPublisher by: University of Michigan PressFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 11Total Download: 647File Size: 42,7 MbDescription: Advocates of rational choice theory in political science have been perceived by their critics as attempting to establish an intellectual hegemony in contemporary social science, to the detriment of alternative methods of research. The debate has gained a nonacademic audience, hitting the pages of the New York Times and the New Republic. In the academy, the antagonists have expressed their views in books, journal articles, and at professional conferences. Lichbach addresses the question of the place of rational choice theory in the social sciences in general and in political science in particular.

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He presents a typology of the antagonists as either rationalist, culturalist, or structuralist and offers an insightful examination of the debate. He reveals that the rationalist bid for hegemony and synthesis is rooted in the weaknesses, not the strengths, of rationalist thought. He concludes that the various theoretical camps are unlikely to accept the claimed superiority of the rationalist approach but that this opposition is of value in itself to the social sciences, which requires multiple perspectives to remain healthy.

With its penetrating examination of the assumptions and basic arguments of each of the sides to this debate, this book cuts through the partisan rhetoric and provides an essential roadmap for the future of the discipline. Lichbach is Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. Author by: James Samuel ColemanLanguange: enPublisher by: Sage Publications, IncFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 50Total Download: 326File Size: 55,6 MbDescription: 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 this volume, advocates and critics present their views of the values and limitations of rational choice theory. Whether supporter or sceptic, sociologists and other social scientists will find themselves immersed in a creative discussion of the merits and difficulties of the model and its applicability to both macro and micro level social issues. Author by: Derek B. CornishLanguange: enPublisher by: Transaction PublishersFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 37Total Download: 844File Size: 50,5 MbDescription: The assumption that rewards and punishments influence our choices between different courses of action underlies economic, sociological, psychological, and legal thinking about human action. Hence, the notion of a reasoning criminal-one who employs the same sorts of cognitive strategies when contemplating offending as they and the rest of us use when making other decisions-might seem a small contribution to crime control.

This conclusion would be mistaken. This volume develops an alternative approach, termed the 'rational choice perspective,' to explain criminal behavior.

Instead of emphasizing the differences between criminals and non-criminals, it stresses some of the similarities. In particular, while the contributors do not deny the existence of irrational and pathological components in crimes, they suggest that the rational aspects of offending should be explored. An international group of researchers in criminology, psychology, and economics provide a comprehensive review of original research on the criminal offender as a reasoning decision maker. While recognizing the crucial influence of situational factors, the rational choice perspective provides a framework within which to incorporate and locate existing theories about crime. In doing so it also provides both a new agenda for research and sheds a fresh light on deterrent and prevention policies.