Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226038247)

"Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new--or, more accurately, rediscovered--paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."--Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology


Author: Brian Barry
ISBN-10: 0226038246
ISBN-13: 9780226038247
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1988
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.56w x 0.52d