Micro-Macro Transitions : Limits of Rational Choice Theory in James Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory

This text analyzes certain contributions and limits of rational choice theory with regard to the problem of links between the micro and macro levels. Coleman’s criticisms of Weber’s theory in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism are examined and certain of his misreadings of Weber bro...

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Main Author: Cherkaoui, Mohamed
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2005
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-sociologie-1-2005-5-page-79?lang=en
https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://doi.org/10.3917/rfs.465.0079