The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action
American Sociological ReviewPublished 1 December 1936Open access
Robert Κ. Merton
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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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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance