期刊名称：Política & Sociedade : Revista de Sociologia Política
印刷版ISSN：1677-4140
电子版ISSN：2175-7984
出版年度：2004
卷号：3
期号：5
页码：203-232
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出版社：Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia Política
摘要：The purpose of this essay is to make some considerations on the limits and advantages of institutionalism’s rational choice in regard to the understanding of political phenomena. The text critically examines some of the representative studies that Brazilian political science has attached to this theoretical approach. This criticism develops around three themes: state, political elites and democracy. It suggests that a prudent return to the approach of political sociology would produce some analytical gains, without, of course, giving up the scientific achievements of the studies examined in this essay. Key-words: Political Sociology, rational choice institutionalism, state, political elites, democracy.
