Conditional choice

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 419-446

  Rolfe, Meredith ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional choice; Conditional decision rules; Conditional decision making; Influence; Initial states of activity; Local networks; Resistance to influence; Social action; Social interaction; Unconditional actors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061149966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199215362.013.18     Document Type: Chapter

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