The Attainment of Solidarity in Intentional Communities

Michael Hechter

doi:10.1177/1043463190002002004

The Attainment of Solidarity in Intentional Communities

Michael Hechter

CLAS-SS: Politics and Global Studies, School of (SPGS)

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Abstract

Sociologists have tended to assume that although rational-choice theory may be appropriate for the analysis of Gesellschaften, it is inadequate for the analysis of Gemeinschaften. Taking this assumption as its point of departure, this article shows that a theory of group solidarity built on rational-choice premises provides a superior account of the differential success of nineteenth-century American intentional communities (which are taken to be exemplary Gemeinschaften) than does the conventional sociological account.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	142-155
Number of pages	14
Journal	Rationality and Society
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463190002002004
State	Published - 1990

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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