Re: rational choice

2003-01-22 Thread Michael Pollak 

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Michael Perelman wrote:

> Doug Henwood had someone ask me for a critique of rational choice theory
> accessible to an undergraduate.  Any suggestions?  I drew a blank.

I forwarded your query onto a sociologist friend who made the
following suggestions, fwiw:

---forwarded message--

In the volume of 2003 of the Annual Review of Sociology will be an article
called

"Beyond Rational Choice Theory" by Raymond Boudon

(I think the volume is not yet published).

Besides that there are two classic review essays:

Neil Smelser et at., "The Rational Choice Perpective: A Theoretical
Assessment," Rationality and Society, 1992, 4,4, 381-410 (this should take
care of the state of the art until 1990 or 1991)

and

Michael Hechter and Satoshi Kanazawa, Sociological Rational Choice Theory,
in the Annual Review of Sociology, 1997, 23, 191-214.

(This will include the second half of the 1990s). Together with the not
yet published Boudon article, reading these three should take care of a
good overview.

N.

Re: Re: rational choice

2003-01-20 Thread andie nachgeborenen 

I used to use a book by Robert Frank (I think) to
teach fresh people. Also you might look at Elster's
Sour Grapes, which is marvelously clear, short, and
entertaining. Or any paper of Kahneman and Tversky.
jks

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> > Doug Henwood had someone ask me for a critique of
> rational choice
> theory
> > accessible to an undergraduate.  Any suggestions? 
> I drew a blank.
> > --
> 
> 
> 
> In the interest of choice :-)
> 
> Emily Hauptmann, Putting Choice before Democracy: A
> Critique of Rational
> Choice Theory
> 
> Jeffrey Friedman ed. The Rational Choice Controversy
> 
> Mary Zey Rational Choice Theory and Organizational
> Theory: A Critique
> 


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Re: rational choice

2003-01-20 Thread Ian Murray 

- Original Message -
From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:34009] rational choice


> Doug Henwood had someone ask me for a critique of rational choice
theory
> accessible to an undergraduate.  Any suggestions?  I drew a blank.
> --



In the interest of choice :-)

Emily Hauptmann, Putting Choice before Democracy: A Critique of Rational
Choice Theory

Jeffrey Friedman ed. The Rational Choice Controversy

Mary Zey Rational Choice Theory and Organizational Theory: A Critique