Rational choice
Rational choice is the dominant theoretical approach in political science in North America and one of the main contending approaches elsewhere. This major new text provides a clear and accessible introduction assuming no prior knowledge and providing a uniquely fair-minded assessment of both the strengths and limitations of the approach. Truly international in scope and in its choice of examples, it provides broad-ranging coverage of the areas in which rational choice has been widely used and i…
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- Full title :Rational choice / Andrew Hindmoor.
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Rational choice is the dominant theoretical approach in political science in North America and one of the main contending approaches elsewhere. This major new text provides a clear and accessible introduction assuming no prior knowledge and providing a uniquely fair-minded assessment of both the strengths and limitations of the approach. Truly international in scope and in its choice of examples, it provides broad-ranging coverage of the areas in which rational choice has been widely used and in-depth coverage of the main works of its key protagonists.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 257 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1403934215, 9781403934215, 1403934223, 9781403934222
- oclc:ocm64390594
- LC Classification:JA71
- Dewey Decimal:320.01
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Anthony Downs and the Spatial Theory of Party Competition -- William Riker and the Theory of Coalitions -- Kenneth Arrow and Social Choice Theory -- Mancur Olson and the Logic of Collective Action -- William Niskanen and Bureaucracy -- Gordon Tullock, Rent-Seeking and Constitutions -- Rationality -- Rational Choice Explanation.
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