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Rational Choice

In: International Encyclopedia of Political Science
Edited by: Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Leonardo Morlino
Subject:Political Science (general), General Politics & International Relations
Keywords:game theory; rational choice

Rational choice, or rationality, has two meanings. First, in a technical sense, rationality implies that an individual's preferences over choices possess two properties: completeness and transitivity. The first property holds that the individual's preferences are well defined for ...

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  Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D., & Morlino, L. (2011). Rational choice. In International encyclopedia of political science (Vol. 1, pp. 2203-2207). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959636.n504
  
  Badie, Bertrand, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino. "Rational Choice." In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, edited by Badie, Bertrand, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino, 2203-7. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959636.n504.
  
  Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. and Morlino, L. 2011. Rational Choice. In: Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Leonardo Morlino Editors, 2011. International Encyclopedia of Political Science, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 2203-2207 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959636.n504> [Accessed 9 Aug 2022].
  
  Badie, Bertrand, et al. "Rational Choice." International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 2203-7. SAGE Knowledge. 9 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959636.n504.
  
  Badie, Bertrand, Dirk Berg-SchlosserLeonardo Morlino (2011). Rational choice In:Rational choice International encyclopedia of political science Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2011:2203-2207. doi:10.4135/9781412959636.n504
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