Assuming no prior knowledge, this widely-used and critically-acclaimed text provides a clear
introduction to, and uniquely fair-minded assessment of, Rational Choice approaches. The …

Rational choice theory has long been criticized, with several recent critiques of applications
in political science in general and international relations in particular. In this paper, I seek to …

HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 86 technical approaches used properly.
More importantly, it conflates a discussion of particular ways to do rational choice with the …

Rational choice theory can be replaced as the leading paradigm in political science by the
theory of perspective, which argues that how we see ourselves in relation to others sets and …

" An irrational passion for dispassionate rationality will take all the joy out of life," wrote the
economist John Maurice Clark a century ago. Canonical rational choice theory has been a …

The strategic-choice approach has a long pedigree in international relations. In an area
often rent by competing methodologies, editors David A. Lake and Robert Powell take the …

Extensive empirical evidence and theoretical developments in multiple disciplines stimulate
a need to expand the range of rational choice models to be used as a foundation for the …

Page 1 Rational Choice Page 2 READINGS IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY Edited by
William Connolly and Steven Lukes Language and Politics edited by Michael J. Shapiro …

T he past decade has witnessed a growing controversy over the status of formal approaches
in political science, and especially the growing prominence of formal rational choice theory …

This chapter shows why those using the rational choice approach have had so much
success constructing theories of democratic politics. It also shows which parts of the …