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Rationality in Social Science
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Rationality in Social Science

The concept of rationality and its significance for theory and empirical research in social science are key topics of scholarly discussion. In the tradition of an analytical as well as empirical approach in social science, this volume assembles novel contributions on methodological foundations and basic assumptions of theories of rational choice. The volume highlights the use of rational choice assumptions for research on fundamental problems in social theory such as the emergence, dynamics, and effects of social norms and the conditions for cooperation and prosociality.

Wings in Orbit
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 570

Wings in Orbit

Explains how the space shuttle works and describes a shuttle trip from lift-off to touchdown.

Social Institutions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 351

Social Institutions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-04-27
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This is the first book to present a synthesis of rational choice theory and sociological perspectives for the analysis of social institutions.The origin of social institutions is an old concern in social theory. Currently it has re-emerged as one of the most intensely debated issues in social science. Among economists and rational choice theorists, there is growing awareness that most, if not all, of the social outcomes that are of interest to explain are at least partly a function of institutional constraints. Yet the role of institutions is negligible both in general equilibrium theory and in most neoclassical economic models. There is a burgeoning substantive interest in institutions rang...

The Spacelab Accomplishments Forum
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

The Spacelab Accomplishments Forum

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 777

The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making

The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making provides high-quality reviews of the main paradigms in offender decision-making, such as rational choice theory and dual-process theory. It contains up-to-date reviews of empirical research on decision-making in a wide range of decision types including not only criminal initiation and desistance, but also choice of locations, times, targets, victims, methods as well as a large variety of crimes. The Handbook also provides comprehensive in-depth treatments of the major methods that can be used to study offender decision-making.

Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 578

Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation

The problem of cooperation is one of the core issues in sociology and social science more in general. The key question is how humans, groups, organizations, institutions, and countries can avoid or overcome the collective good dilemmas that could lead to a Hobbesian "war of all against all". The chapters in this book provide state of the art examples of research on this crucial topic. These include theoretical, laboratory, and field studies on trust and cooperation, thereby approaching the issue in three complementary and synergetic ways. The theoretical work covers articles on trust and control, reputation formation, and paradigmatic articles on the benefits and caveats of abstracting reali...

The Problem of Solidarity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 428

The Problem of Solidarity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-10-12
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cultural and economic transformation. For sociologists, the challenge is arriving at a sound mapping of this tumultuous world stage. In this book, the contributing authors consider solidarity as a cognitive problem of basic science. They examine how solidarity is produced and reproduced, how it is related to social processes, and how such processes can be formalized and create conditions for productively studying their properties. Mathematical models and representations are presented by the authors as a coherent set of tools for understanding many social phenomena.

Lists and Indexes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

Lists and Indexes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1963
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Point Made
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 426

Point Made

  • Categories: Law

In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.