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Rational lives : norms and values in politics and society /
"Rational Lives is a study of value formation and change, group identification, and conflict over social norms and lifestyles. Most scholars who study value conflicts have resisted rational choice approaches to the subject on the grounds that social conflict between groups is best explained by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Ill. :
University of Chicago Press,
©2000.
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| Colección: | American politics and political economy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Rational Lives is a study of value formation and change, group identification, and conflict over social norms and lifestyles. Most scholars who study value conflicts have resisted rational choice approaches to the subject on the grounds that social conflict between groups is best explained by expressive motives and other "nonrational" factors. In contrast to this view, Dennis Chong shows that a single model that combines economic and sociological mechanisms can explain how people make decisions across both cultural and economic realms. He argues that the investments we make in the norms and values of our communities reflect the influence of our psychological dispositions, as well as the social and material costs and benefits of the options we face."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226104379 0226104370 1283078309 9781283078306 9786613078308 6613078301 |