| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
American politics and political economy
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American politics and political economy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Interests versus Values -- Rational Choice -- Status Politics -- Symbolic Politics -- Does Rational Choice Theory Survive the Challenges Posed by the Symbolic Politics Research? -- Taking Stock of Expressive and Instrumental Theories -- A Model of Individual Choice -- Dispositions and Incentives -- Reference Groups and Conformity -- Group Dynamics -- A Model of Individual Choice -- Incentives: The Meaning of [pi] -- Reinforcing Only L -- Reinforcing Only R -- Dispositions: The Meaning of a and b -- Exposure to Both L and R -- Deductions: The Interplay between Incentives and Dispositions -- Coordination and Conflict -- Four Mechanisms of Defense -- Coordination Problems -- Ethnocentrism -- Vested Interests -- Majorities and Minorities -- Cultural Mobilization -- Creating Common Frames of Reference -- Deductions -- General Strategies -- Element of Surprise -- Convergence on a Focal Point -- Arguing with Principles -- Economics Meets Morality in a Texas Community -- Setting the Agenda -- Framing Strategies following the First Vote -- Competing Worldviews -- Role of Social and Moral Beliefs in Solving Coordination Problems -- Morality, Trust, and Social Order -- Political Repercussions of Cultural Diversity -- Evaluating Information and Reasoning about Means and Ends -- Are the Citizens of Williamson County Acting in Their Self-Interest? -- Mass Adjustment to New Norms -- Incentives and Dispositions (Reprised) -- Social Adjustment to New Norms and Practices -- A Model of Social Adjustment -- Mechanisms of Social Change. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rational choice theory.
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Rational choice theory. |
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Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
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Political sociology.
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Political sociology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chong, Dennis. Rational lives. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©2000 0226104389 (DLC) 99044629 (OCoLC)42296345 |
| ISBN |
9780226104379 (electronic book) |
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0226104370 (electronic book) |
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0226104389 |
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9780226104386 |
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0226104397 |
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9780226104393 |
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