Joe Oppenheimer

Principles of Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Modern rational choice and social justice theories allow scholars to develop new understandings of the foundations and general patterns of politics and political behavior. In this book, Joe Oppenheimer enumerates and justifies the empirical and moral generalizations commonly derived from these theories. In developing these arguments, Oppenheimer gives students a foundational basis of both formal theory and theories of social justice, and their related experimental literatures. He uses empirical findings to evaluate the validity of the claims. This basic survey of the findings of public choice theory for political scientists covers the problems of collective action, institutional structures, citizen well-being and social welfare, regime change and political leadership. Principles of Politics highlights what is universal to all of politics and examines both the empirical problems of political behavior and the normative conundrums of social justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781107601642
• ISBN-10: 1107601649
• Artikelnr.: 35110051

Autorenporträt

Joe Oppenheimer is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: politics, universals, knowledge claims, and methods; Part I. The Logic of Collective Action: 1. Voluntary contributions and collective action; 2. Going beyond the prisoner dilemma; 3. Collective action applications to and beyond democratic politics; Part II. Collective Choice: 4. Individual to collective choice in one dimensional politics; 5. Individual to collective choice more generally; Part III. Political Institutions and Quality Outcomes: 6. Political necessity and the tethering of leaders; 7. A few institutional pitfalls; Part IV. Social Justice, Choice, and Welfare: 8. The general problem of collective welfare and choice; 9. Voting rules; 10. Social welfare and social justice: a partial integration; Conclusion: 11. Questions and lessons.

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Introduction: politics, universals, knowledge claims, and methods
Part I. The Logic of Collective Action: 1. Voluntary contributions and collective action
2. Going beyond the prisoner dilemma
3. Collective action applications to and beyond democratic politics
Part II. Collective Choice: 4. Individual to collective choice in one dimensional politics
5. Individual to collective choice more generally
Part III. Political Institutions and Quality Outcomes: 6. Political necessity and the tethering of leaders
7. A few institutional pitfalls
Part IV. Social Justice, Choice, and Welfare: 8. The general problem of collective welfare and choice
9. Voting rules
10. Social welfare and social justice: a partial integration
Conclusion: 11. Questions and lessons.

Rezensionen

'Oppenheimer's book makes big claims about what we know about complex political phenomena, and backs those claims up with rigorous argument. Each chapter unfolds with unique insights in the form of 'propositions' on collective action, social choice, institutional design, and political leadership. This makes the book easily the most cogent and coherent account available of rational choice models and what they have to say about the political world we live in.' Gary Miller, Washington University, St Louis