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This work examines the rising prominence of rationalist theories in political behavior studies and critiques competing sociological and economic perspectives.

July 1, 1972

Sociologists, Economists and Democracy

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This work examines the rising prominence of rationalist theories in political behavior studies and critiques competing sociological and economic perspectives.
Analyzed Brian Barry's influential book on political behavior.
Critiqued the sociological perspectives of Talcott Parsons and Gabriel Almond.
Evaluated economic theories of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson.
Established rationalist theories as a significant paradigm in political behavior research.
Highlighted the limitations of sociological and economic frameworks in explaining political dynamics.

Abstract

Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new or, more accurately, rediscovered paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others. Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology

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