The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action

1936-12-01articleAmerican Sociological Review2,522 citationsgreen

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Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory Social Science and Policy Research

Abstract

Methodological difficulties in researching unanticipated consequences of purposive action are exposed, while focusing on deviations from rationality of social action.

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