Rational Lives : Norms and Values in Politics and Society.
Those who study value conflicts have resisted rational choice approaches in the social sciences, contending that political conflict over cultural values is best explained by group loyalties, symbolic motives, and other "nonrational" factors. However, Chong shows that a single model can exp...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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Colección: | American politics and political economy.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Those who study value conflicts have resisted rational choice approaches in the social sciences, contending that political conflict over cultural values is best explained by group loyalties, symbolic motives, and other "nonrational" factors. However, Chong shows that a single model can explain how people make decisions across both social and economic realms. He argues that our preferences result from a combination of psychological dispositions, which are shaped by social influences and developed over the life span. Chong's book yields insights about the circumstances under which pref. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226104379 0226104370 |