TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tritter,Jonathan Q.
AU  - Archer,Margaret Scotford
TI  - Rational choice theory: resisting colonisation 
T2  - Critical realism
SN  - 0415242711 (hbk) :
U1  - 301.01 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Rational choice theory
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; List of illustrations --; Notes on contributors --; 1; Introduction --; Pt. I; Rationality --; 2; The bird in hand: rational choice - the default mode of social theorizing --; 3; Homo economicus, Homo sociologicus and Homo sentiens --; 4; Is rational choice theory 'unreasonable'? The neglected emotions --; Pt. II; Individualism --; 5; Social theory and the underclass: social realism or rational choice individualism? --; 6; (Ir)rational choice: a multidimensional approach to choice and constraint in decisions about marriage, divorce and remarriage --; 7; Switching allegiances: decisions by schools to 'opt out' to self-management --; 8; Rational choice or 'Hobson's choice'? Intention and constraint in UK higher education --; Pt. III; Temporality --; 9; 'I do': a theoretical critique of Becker's rational choice approach to marriage decisions --; 10; Decision-making as a process over time: the careers of home-located cultural workers --; 11; The decision to commit a crime against humanity --; 12; 'Race', ethnicity and housing decisions: rational choice theory and the choice-constraints debate --; Conclusion --; 13; 'When the battle's lost and won' --; Bibliography --; Name Index --; Subject Index
ER  -