Rational action theory can analyze social systems without discarding social organization

Evidence

My aim is somewhat different. It is to import the economists’ principle of rational action for use in the analysis of social systems proper, including but not limited to economic systems, and to do so without discarding social organization in the process. The concept of social capital is a tool to aid in this. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 31

Categorization

• XREF: This is the exact synthesis the reader is doing with their own framework: rational action + social structure, so social capital can explain non-cooperation, not just cooperation. — connects to: Economists have begun importing sociological insights about social organization into exchange theory — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 21; Social capital makes rational action theory incorporate social structure. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 7; Economic sociology should study what makes calculative action possible, not irrational intrusion — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 65
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 31