Introduction -- Part 1 Rational Choice and Cultural Choice -- 1 Social Science as Cultural Science, Rational Choice as Metaphysics -- 2 Rational Choice and Culture: Clashing Perspectives or Complementary Modes of Analysis? -- Part 2 Institutions and Culture -- 3 A Cultural Theory of Organizations -- 4 Cultures: Frameworks, Theories, and Models -- Part 3 Cultural Theories of Change -- 5 Political Culture and Political Change -- 6 A Proposed Fragmentation of the Theory of Cultural Change -- Part 4 Risk and Culture -- 7 The Depoliticization of Risk -- 8 What's Special About Cancer? -- Part 5 Culture and the Environment: Empirical Studies -- 9 Cultural Theory, Postmaterialism, and Environmental Attitudes -- 10 Seeing Green: Cultural Biases and Environmental Preferences -- Part 6 Cultural Theory and Practical Policies -- 11 Applying Cultural Theories to Practical Problems -- 12 Rewriting the Precepts of Policy Analysis