Max Weber's interpretive sociology and rational choice approach

Rationality and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-282

  Norkus, Zenonas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Interpretive sociology; Max Weber; Rational choice approach; Sociological explanation; Theory of action

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345494     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346300012003001     Document Type: Article

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