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Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy (A Phoenix book ; P782)
Sociologists Economists and Democracy - A Phoenix book ; P782 Author:Brian M. Barry "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 in... more »fluential 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