{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-rational-choice-rafael-wittek-9780804784184","title":"The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. This landmark collection highlights successful empirical applications across a broad array of disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, history, and psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking on issues ranging from financial markets and terrorism to immigration, race relations, and emotions, and a huge variety of other phenomena, rational choice proves a useful tool for theory- driven social research. Each chapter uses a rational choice framework to elaborate on testable hypotheses and then apply this to empirical research, including experimental research, survey studies, ethnographies, and historical investigations. Useful to students and scholars across the social sciences, this handbook will reinvigorate discussions about the utility and versatility of the rational choice approach, its key assumptions, and tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafael Wittek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804784183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804784184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013","brand":"Rafael Wittek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065151500543,"sku":"9780804784184","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60dab272-f127-4e0a-a6ad-5b01aeb8987c.jpg?v=1768673334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-rational-choice-rafael-wittek-9780804784184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}