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Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a newor, more accurately, rediscoveredparadigm 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

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/09/1988
      ISBN13: 9780226038247, 978-0226038247
      ISBN10: 0226038246
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      Book Synopsis
      Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a newor, more accurately, rediscoveredparadigm 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

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