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Picoeconomics - The Strategic Interaction Of Successive Motivational States Within The Person

by George Ainslie

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 Originally published in 1992, this book examines an elementary human paradox: that we are endangered by our own wishes. Dr. Ainslie examines the basic tendency for humans to form temporary preferences for the poorer but earlier of two goals, when the poorer goal is closer at hand.
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The Possibility Of Cooperation

by Michael (University Of Washington) Taylor

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 This 1987 book offers a critique of the liberal theory of the state, focussing on a detailed study of cooperation in the absence of the state and of other kinds of coercion. The discussion includes an analysis of collective action and of the Prisoners' Dilemma supergame.
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Explaining Technical Change - A Case Study In The Philosophy Of Science

by Jon Elster

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 Technical change, defined as the manufacture and modification of tools, is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth, comparable to that of language. In this volume, first published in 1983, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective.
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Were They Pushed Or Did They Jump? - Individual Decision Mechanisms In Education

by Diego Gambetta

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 This book explores the factors which govern the range of educational decisions confronting individuals between compulsory school education and university. The data on which it draws come from two surveys conducted in north-west Italy, one of unemployed young people and one of high-school pupils.
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Foundations Of Social Choice Theory

by Aanund Hylland e Jon Elster

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 First published in 1986, this volume of essays offers an examination of the philosophical foundations of social choice theory, in its context as the outgrowth of welfare economics. The essays advance both criticisms and suggestions for alternative approaches.
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Minority Government And Majority Rule

by Kaare Strã¸M

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 Through the analysis of over 350 post war governments and using the Italian and Norwegian governments as case studies, the author shows that minority governments are, contrary to conventional thinking, neither exceptional nor unstable, but in fact are a common feature of parliamentary democracies and frequently perform as well as, or better than, majority coalitions.
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The Critical Mass In Collective Action

by Gerald Marwell e Pamela Oliver

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 The problem of collective action is that each group member wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Therefore, no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action.
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Resistance And Rebellion - Lessons From Eastern Europe

by Roger D. (University Of Chicago) Petersen

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 How do ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes? This book provides a detailed theoretical treatment of the process that pushes and pulls individuals into risk-laden roles. The work compares several East European nations to show the breadth and depth of the approach.
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The Critical Mass In Collective Action

by Gerald Marwell e Pamela Oliver

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 The problem of collective action is that each group member wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Therefore, no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action.
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Constitutionalism And Democracy

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 This comprehensive discussion of the problems inherent in constitutional democracy will be of interest to students in a variety of social sciences.
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The Cement Of Society - A Survey Of Social Order

by Jon (Columbia University, New York) Elster

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 Jon Elster delves into what binds societies together and prevents them from disintegrating into chaos and war and examines the perspective of rational-choice theory and the theory of social norms. This book will be of particular interest to political scientists, political philosophers, sociologists, and economists.
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Stratification And Organization - Selected Papers

by Arthur L. Stinchcombe

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 The essays in this collection, on stratification, organization and the discipline of sociology, all bear upon a general theoretical question: what models of rationality are necessary or suitable to explain individual and collective action in institutional contexts?
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Coercive Power In Social Exchange

by Linda D. (University Of Arizona) Molm

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 Exchange theorists have traditionally excluded punishment and coercion from their analyses; but Molm examines whether exchange theory can be expanded to include reward and coercive power. Her theory emphasizes their interdependence and differences, not only in their effects on behavior, but also in the incentive and the risks of power use.
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Resistance And Rebellion - Lessons From Eastern Europe

by Roger D. (University Of Chicago) Petersen

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 How do ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes? This book provides a detailed theoretical treatment of the process that pushes and pulls individuals into risk-laden roles. The work compares several East European nations to show the breadth and depth of the approach.
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Minority Government And Majority Rule

by Kaare Strã¸M

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 Through the analysis of over 350 post war governments and using the Italian and Norwegian governments as case studies, the author shows that minority governments are, contrary to conventional thinking, neither exceptional nor unstable, but in fact are a common feature of parliamentary democracies and frequently perform as well as, or better than, majority coalitions.
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Democracy And The Market - Political And Economic Reforms In Eastern Europe And Latin America

by Adam (University Of Chicago) Przeworski

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 This major book analyzes recent events in Eastern Europe and Latin America, focusing on transitions to democracy and market-oriented economic reforms.
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Social Mechanisms - An Analytical Approach To Social Theory

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 The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches.
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Social Mechanisms - An Analytical Approach To Social Theory

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 The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches.
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Interpersonal Comparisons Of Well-Being

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 In this volume a diverse group of economists, philosophers, political scientists, and psychologists address the problems, principles, and practices involved in comparing the well-being of different individuals.
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Democracy And The Market - Political And Economic Reforms In Eastern Europe And Latin America

by Adam Przeworski

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 This study analyzes recent transitions to democracy and market-oriented economic reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing on models derived from political philosophy, economics, and game theory, it also considers specific data on individual countries.
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Anthropological Studies Of Religion - An Introductory Text

by Brian Morris

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 A lucid outline of explanations of religious phenomena offered by such great thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber.
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Powers Of Theory - Capitalism, The State, And Democracy

by Robert R. Alford e Roger Friedland

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 An evaluation of different theories of the nature of the state in capitalist democracies.
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Dramatic Form In Shakespeare And The Jacobeans

by Leo Salingar

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 A collection of essays concerned with aspects of dramatic form in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
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Literacy, Society, And Schooling - A Reader

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