Rational social action maintains a culture-bound value-rational order, legitimate in itself, by coordinating four instrumental actions judged by their efficiency: pattern maintenance, goal attainment, adaptation, and integration.
Rational social action maintains a culture-bound value-rational order. This was by. This was legitimate in itself. Rational social action was coordinating four instrumental actions judged by their efficiency. Rational social action was coordinating pattern maintenance. Rational social action was coordinating goal attainment. Rational social action was coordinating adaptation. Rational social action was coordinating integration.