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The legacy of Raymond Boudon
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The paper is a short overview of the work of a contemporary French
sociologist Raymond Boudon. The paper focuses on the following aspects of
Boudon?s biography: academic trajectory, intellectual influences, and his
major works. It is argued that his major contributions to sociology include
his theory of social mobility, methodological individualism and the concept
of cognitive rationality.
Title: The legacy of Raymond Boudon
Description:
The paper is a short overview of the work of a contemporary French
sociologist Raymond Boudon.
The paper focuses on the following aspects of
Boudon?s biography: academic trajectory, intellectual influences, and his
major works.
It is argued that his major contributions to sociology include
his theory of social mobility, methodological individualism and the concept
of cognitive rationality.
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