Sociological rational choice theory

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1997, Pages 191-214

  Hechter, Michael ^a   Kanazawa, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; General theory; Macrosociology; Micro macro link

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031497753     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.191     Document Type: Article

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