Overview
"Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new--or, more accurately, rediscovered--paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."--Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology
- | Author: Brian Barry
- | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 1988
- | Number of Pages: 212 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0226038246
- | ISBN-13: 9780226038247
