Rational choice theory :  resisting colonisation / 
edited by Jonathon Q. Tritter and Margaret S. Archer. 
 - xii, 257p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Critical realism .
 - Critical realism--interventions. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415242711 (hbk) : 041524272X (pbk.) :  £16.99 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA0-V8751 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>0415242711  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rational choice theory
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.01