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Discussion of Rational Choice Theory

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Resources for Discussion

Rational Choice theory has gained considerable prominence among theorists and other academics. See:

  • Allingham, Michael. (1999). Rational Choice. New York: St. Martin's Press.
  • Coleman, James S., & Fararo, Thomas. (Eds.). (1992). Rational Choice Theory: Advocacy and critique. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Friedman, Jeffrey. (Ed.). (1996). The rational choice controversy: Economic models of politics reconsidered. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  • Green, Donald P., & Shapiro, Ian. (1994). Pathologies of rational choice: A critique of applications in political science. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  • Simon, Herbert A., & DeMatte, Claudio. (1997). An empirically based microeconomics. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press
  • Young, Lawrence A. (Ed.). (1997). Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment. New York: Routledge.
  • Zairovski, Milan. (1999). What is Really Rational Choice?: Beyond the Utilitarian Concept of Rationality. Current Sociology 47, Jan.: 47-113.

Early Reviews of Rendering unto Caesar

  • Leaman, David E. (1998). Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America (Book). Sociology of Religion 59, 4: 411-412.
    • The author, of Northeastern Illinois University, called the book "a monumental achievement," despite the questions he raised about the book.
  • Maxwell, Kenneth. (1999). Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America/Religious Politics in Latin America: Pentecostal vs. Catholic. Foreign Affairs 78, 2: 149-150.
    • Says that Gill has written "an original, challenging, and controversial book."