Existential uncertainty and the will to conform: The expressive basis of Coleman's rational choice paradigm

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-698

  Yair, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

American sociology; Coleman; Parsons; Rational Choice Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548214174     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507078923     Document Type: Review

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