Culturalist and rational-choice theories of politics align with the contingent-inherent divide.

Evidence

Its consequentiality lies, of course, in that it raises the fundamental issue of the very nature of speech. In politics, as I have argued elsewhere (H.Eckstein, 1979), the analogous general branch point is between “culturalist” theories that explain political actions basically by (contingent) learned “orientations,” and “rational-choice” theories which postulate an inherent tendency to maximize influence. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4273

Categorization

• XREF: Maps the deep-structure vs. empiricism debate in linguistics onto the culturalist vs. rational-choice divide in political science.