Pareto optimality
Rational choice theory is an umbrella term for a variety of models explaining social phenomena as outcomes of individual action that can in some way be construed as rational. “Rational behavior” is behavior that is suitable for the realization of specific goals, given the limitations imposed by the situation. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Rational Choice Theory]
Rational Choice Theory
bounded rationality
bureau shaping
collective action
methods
theories
cost-benefit analysis
decision making
equilibrium theory
externalities
free riding
game theory
governance failure
impossibility theorem
market failure
new public management
optimal decision making
overload
political business cycles
positive political theory
prisoner's dilemma
public choice theory
public good
rationality
rationalization
rent seeking
revealed preference
satisficing behavior
social choice
state capture
theory (victimology and crime prevention)