Principles of Group Solidarity.
- M. Abrahamson, Michael Hechter
- Art
- 1 December 1988
Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new…
Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development
- Michael Hechter
- Sociology
- 1 December 1978
Recent years have seen a resurgence of separatist sentiments among national minorities in many industrial societies, including the United Kingdom. In 1997, the Scottish and Welsh both set up their…
A theory of the value of children
- D. Friedman, Michael Hechter, S. Kanazawa
- EconomicsDemography
- 1 August 1994
A theory of the value of children based on the uncertainty-reduction assumption is proposed and a range of hypotheses that follow both from this assumption and from a subsidiary assumption of marital solidarity enhancement are generated.
Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development, 1536-1966.
- Rosemary C R Taylor, Michael Hechter
- History
- 1975
SOCIOLOGICAL RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY
- Michael Hechter, S. Kanazawa
- SociologyRational Choice Sociology
- 1 August 1997
Although rational choice theory has made considerable advances in other social sciences, its progress in sociology has been limited. Some sociologists' reservations about rational choice arise from a…
The Role of General Theory in Comparative-Historical Sociology
- Edgar Kiser, Michael Hechter
- SociologyAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 July 1991
The methodological foundations of comparative-historical sociology have been transformed dramatically in recent years. Arguments against general theoretical models have proliferated, while the…
The Debate on Historical Sociology: Rational Choice Theory and Its Critics1
- E. Kiser, Michael Hechter
- PhilosophyAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 November 1998
In the past two decades, many sociologists have denied the use‐fulness of general theories in favor of more particularistic ap‐proaches to historical explanation, which makes it difficult to specify…
Group Formation and the Cultural Division of Labor
- Michael Hechter
- SociologyAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 September 1978
A structural theory of the relationship between class and status group formation is presented. The approach postulates, first, that differences in the solidarity of any objectively defined groups are…
The contribution of rational choice theory to macrosociological research
- D. Friedman, Michael Hechter
- Economics
- 23 January 1988
A bare skeleton of all rational choice arguments is provided to demonstrate their applicability to a range of macrosociological concerns by reviewing a sample of both new and classic works and to discuss the weaknesses of current rational choice theory and the possibilities for its future development.
From Class to Culture1
- Michael Hechter
- Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 September 2004
This article contends that class politics has receded in advanced capitalist societies during the last century, while cultural politics has increased, and it focuses on social and political…
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