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Rafael Wittek - The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research - 9780804784184 - V9780804784184
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The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research

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Description for The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research Hardback. Offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. Editor(s): Wittek, Rafael; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Nee, Victor. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1225.

The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. This landmark collection highlights successful empirical applications across a broad array of disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, history, and psychology.

Taking on issues ranging from financial markets and terrorism to immigration, race relations, and emotions, and a huge variety of other phenomena, rational choice proves a useful tool for theory- driven social research. Each chapter uses a rational choice framework to elaborate on testable hypotheses and then apply this to empirical research, including ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804784184
SKU
V9780804784184
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About Rafael Wittek
Rafael Wittek is Professor of Theoretical Sociology at the University of Groningen. Tom A. B. Snijders is Professor of Statistics in the Social Sciences at the University of Oxford and the University of Groningen. Victor Nee is the Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor in the Department of Sociology at Cornell University.

Reviews for The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research
"This unique handbook should be basic reading for anyone engaged in social science research, particularly those pursuing interdisciplinary explorations of the behavioral dynamics of converging translational social forces. . . . Highly recommended."—R. H. Dekmejian, Choice "Spearheaded by three preeminent scholars, offering the best qualitative, quantitative, and theoretical work in the field, this handbook illustrates the diversity of empirical research ... Read more

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