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Social action is central to social thought. Avoiding both the excessively atomistic individualism of rational choice theorists and implausible collectivist assumptions, this provides philosophical analyses of fundamental categories of human social action, including cooperative action, conventional a...

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Main Author: Miller, Seumas
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social action.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Action sociale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Social action
Social sciences > Philosophy
Soziales Handeln
Soziologie
Sociale actie.
Instituties.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Social action is central to social thought. Avoiding both the excessively atomistic individualism of rational choice theorists and implausible collectivist assumptions, this provides philosophical analyses of fundamental categories of human social action, including cooperative action, conventional action, social norm governed action, and the actions of the occupants of organizational roles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.
ISBN:0511041004
9780511041006
9780511612954
0511612958
1107120861
9781107120860
1280432667
9781280432668
0511174810
9780511174810
0511302436
9780511302435