Rational choice theory : resisting colonisation /
Rational choice theory : resisting colonisation /
edited by Jonathon Q. Tritter and Margaret S. Archer.
- xii, 257p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Critical realism .
- Critical realism--interventions. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Rationality -- The bird in hand: rational choice - the default mode of social theorizing -- Homo economicus, Homo sociologicus and Homo sentiens -- Is rational choice theory 'unreasonable'? The neglected emotions -- Individualism -- Social theory and the underclass: social realism or rational choice individualism? -- (Ir)rational choice: a multidimensional approach to choice and constraint in decisions about marriage, divorce and remarriage -- Switching allegiances: decisions by schools to 'opt out' to self-management -- Rational choice or 'Hobson's choice'? Intention and constraint in UK higher education -- Temporality -- 'I do': a theoretical critique of Becker's rational choice approach to marriage decisions -- Decision-making as a process over time: the careers of home-located cultural workers -- The decision to commit a crime against humanity -- 'Race', ethnicity and housing decisions: rational choice theory and the choice-constraints debate -- Conclusion -- 'When the battle's lost and won' -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
0415242711 (hbk) : 041524272X (pbk.) : £16.99
GBA0-V8751
0415242711 Uk
Rational choice theory
301.01
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Rationality -- The bird in hand: rational choice - the default mode of social theorizing -- Homo economicus, Homo sociologicus and Homo sentiens -- Is rational choice theory 'unreasonable'? The neglected emotions -- Individualism -- Social theory and the underclass: social realism or rational choice individualism? -- (Ir)rational choice: a multidimensional approach to choice and constraint in decisions about marriage, divorce and remarriage -- Switching allegiances: decisions by schools to 'opt out' to self-management -- Rational choice or 'Hobson's choice'? Intention and constraint in UK higher education -- Temporality -- 'I do': a theoretical critique of Becker's rational choice approach to marriage decisions -- Decision-making as a process over time: the careers of home-located cultural workers -- The decision to commit a crime against humanity -- 'Race', ethnicity and housing decisions: rational choice theory and the choice-constraints debate -- Conclusion -- 'When the battle's lost and won' -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
0415242711 (hbk) : 041524272X (pbk.) : £16.99
GBA0-V8751
0415242711 Uk
Rational choice theory
301.01