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The use and misuse of rational models in collective behavior and social psychology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2009
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During the past two decades the use of rational decision models, especially those which assume self-interest motivation, has diffused widely throughout sociology, including the fields of collective behavior and social psychology. This trend is interesting as a datum for study in the sociology of sociology, for what it reveals about changing assumptions concerning the nature and dynamics of social behavior, and as a trend that is sometimes beneficial and sometimes deleterious. My objective is to raise questions based on these three kinds of interest, and to suggest some answers.
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- The puzzling scope of rationality
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- European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , May 1991 , pp. 84 - 108
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- Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1991
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