Rational choice theory became the dominant economic theory in the late 1700s, and in the 1960s began to creep into other social sciences--especially the works of sociologists George C. Homans and ...

Rational choice is contrasted with the sociology of age as two broad frameworks to aid the search for conceptual models to integrate our fragmented discipline. Some suggestive differences and ...

There is a surprising disconnect between formal rational choice theory and philosophical work on reasons. The one is silent on the role of reasons in rational choices, the other rarely engages with ...