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Rational Choice Theory

References

Andrews, S. B. (2000). Rational choice theory and organizational analysis: A critique. Contemporary Sociology, 29(2), 369-370. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/233583329?accountid=13153

Beed, C., & Beed, C. (1999). A christian perspective on neoclassical rational choice theory. International Journal of Social Economics, 26(4), 501-520. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/274616197?accountid=13153

Boudon, R. (1998). Limitations of rational choice theory. The American Journal of Sociology, 104(3), 817-828. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/195948452?accountid=13153

Boudon, R. (2003). Beyond rational choice theory. Annual Review of Sociology, 29, 1-21. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/199587386?accountid=13153

Bouffard, J. A. (2002). Methodological and theoretical implications of using subject-generated consequences in tests of rational choice theory. Justice Quarterly : JQ, 19(4), 747-771. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/228162288?accountid=13153

Bouvier, A. (2002). An epistemological plea for methodological individualism and rational choice theory in cognitive rhetoric. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 32(1), 51-70. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/215025840?accountid=13153

Caputo, R. K. (2002). Adult daughters as parental caregivers: Rational actors versus rational agents. Journal of Family & Economic Issues, 23(1), 27-50. Retrieved from http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=SN002827&site=ehost-live

Driscoll, A., & Krook, M. L. (2012). Feminism and rational choice theory. European Political Science Review : EPSR, 4(2), 195-216. doi:http://0-dx.doi.org.bravecat.uncp.edu/10.1017/S175577391100018X

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Gavriel-Fried, B., & Ajzenstadt, M. (2012). Pathological women gamblers: Gender-related aspects of control. Sex Roles, 66(1), 128-142. doi:10.1007/s11199-011-0071-9

Hechter, M., & Kanazawa, S. (1997). Sociological rational choice theory. Annual Review of Sociology, 23, 191-214. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/199580379?accountid=13153

Jerolmack, C., & Porpora, D. (2004). Religion, rationality, and experience: A response to the new rational choice theory of religion*. Sociological Theory, 22(1), 140-160. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/213360928?accountid=13153

King, D. S., & Ward, H. (1992). Working for benefits: Rational choice and the rise of work-welfare programmes. Political Studies, 40(3), 479-495. Retrieved from http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21483071&site=ehost-live

Krstic, B., PhD, & Krstic, M., PhD. (2015). Rational choice theory and random behaviour. Ekonomika, 61(1), 1-13. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/1708858249?accountid=13153

Lesser, Y., & Rabinowitz, J. (2001). Elective amniocentesis in low-risk pregnancies: Decision making in the era of information and uncertainty. American Journal of Public Health, 91(4), 639-641. Retrieved from http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4279650&site=ehost-live

Moran, R. (1996). Bringing rational choice theory back to reality. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 86(3), 1147. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/218391375?accountid=13153

Netedu, A. (2010). Talcott parsons, the theory of social action and the theory of rational choice. Scientific Annals of the 'Al.I.Cuza' University, Iasi.Sociology & Social Work / Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii 'Al.I.Cuza' Iasi Sociologie Si Asistenta Sociala, 3, 55-70. Retrieved from http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=52541214&site=ehost-live

Spickard, J. V. (1998). Rethinking religious social action: What is "rational" about rational-choice theory? Sociology of Religion, 59(2), 99-115. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/216769596?accountid=13153

Uhlaner, C. J. (2001). To vote or not to vote: The merits and limits of rational choice theory. The American Political Science Review, 95(4), 1010-1012. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/214428042?accountid=13153

van, d. L. (2009). Evidence-based practice in social work: Lessons from judgment and decision-making theory. British Journal of Social Work, 39(2), 243-260. Retrieved from http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=37271126&site=ehost-live

Weakliem, D. L. (1999). Rational choice theory and large-scale data analysis. Contemporary Sociology, 28(2), 246-247. Retrieved from http://0-search.proquest.com.bravecat.uncp.edu/docview/233605490?accountid=13153