Jon Elster

Explaining Social Behavior

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A substantially revised edition of Jon Elster's critically acclaimed book exploring the nature of social behavior and the social sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9781107071186
• ISBN-10: 1107071186
• Artikelnr.: 42574254

Autorenporträt

Jon Elster is Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science at Columbia University, New York and Professeur Honoraire at the Collège de France. He is the author or editor of thirty-four books, most recently Agir contre soi: la faiblesse de volonté (2007), Le désintéressement: traité critique de l'homme économique (2009), Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist (Cambridge, 2009), L'irrationalité (2010) and Securities against Misrule: Juries, Assemblies, Elections (Cambridge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Explanation and Mechanisms: 1. Explanation
2. Mechanisms
3. Interpretation
Part II. The Mind: 4. Motivations
5. Self-interest and altruism
6. Myopia and foresight
7. Beliefs
8. Emotions
9. Transmutations
Part III. Action: 10. Constraints: opportunities and abilities
11. Reinforcement and selection
12. Persons and situations
13. Rational choice
14. Rationality and behavior
15. Responding to irrationality
16. Implications for textual interpretation
Part IV. Interaction: 17. Unintended consequences
18. Strategic interaction
19. Games and behavior
20. Trust
21. Social norms
22. Collective belief formation
23. Collective action
24. Collective decision making
25. Institutions and constitutions
Conclusion: is social science possible?
Index.