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 ...

Vol. 9, No. 2/3, A Special Double Issue: RATIONAL ACTION (Summer-Fall 1983), pp. 335-379 (45 pages) Social Theory and Practice is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of theoretical 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 ...