Culture as a foundation concept for the social sciences

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-497

  Eckstein, Harry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action theory; Orientation; Political culture; Rational choice; Utility rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030491481     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692896008004003     Document Type: Article

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