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Introduction - James S Coleman and Thomas J Farraro PART ONE: THEMES OF ADVOCACY The Method of Decreasing Abstraction - Siegwart Lindenberg The Role of Models of Purposive Action in Sociology - Margaret Marini Rational Choice as a Principle - David Willer The Case of Elementary Theory The Attainment of Global Order in Heterogeneous Societies - Michael Hechter, Debra Friedman and Satoshi Kanazawa PART TWO: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES Rationality and Emotion - Thomas J Scheff Homage to Norbert Elias Rationality and Robustness in Multilevel Systems - Michael Hannan Rational Choice Theory - Richard Munch A Critical Assessment of Its Explanatory Power PART THREE: RATIONAL CHOICE: PRO AND CON The Limits of Rational Choice Explanation - James Bonham Is Rational Choice Theory a Rational Choice Theory? - Peter Abell
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