عنوان

Pathologies of rational choice theory :

شابک

0300059140 (alk. paper)

شابک

0300066368 (pbk.)

شابک

9780300059144 (alk. paper)

شابک

9780300066364 (pbk.)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Pathologies of rational choice theory :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a critique of applications in political science /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Donald P. Green, Ian Shapiro.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New Haven :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Yale University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c1994.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xi, 239 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill. ;

ابعاد

24 cm.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-232) and index.

متن يادداشت

1. Rationality in Politics and Economics --- 2. The Nature of Rational Choice --- 3. Methodological Pathologies --- 4. The Paradox of Voter Turnout --- 5. Social Dilemmas --- 6. Legislative Behaviour and the Paradox of Voting --- 7. Spatial Theories of Electoral Competition --- 8. Responses to Likely Counterarguments.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian Shapiro assess rational choice theory where it is reputed to be most successful: the study of collective action, the behavior of political parties and politicians, and such phenomena as voting cycles and Prisoner's Dilemmas. In their hard-hitting critique, Green and Shapiro demonstrate that the much-heralded achievements of rational choice theory are in fact deeply suspect and that fundamental rethinking is needed if rational choice theorists are to contribute to the understanding of politics. Green and Shapiro show that empirical tests of rational choice theories are marred by a series of methodological defects. These defects flow from the characteristic rational choice impulse to defend universal theories of politics. As a result, many tests are so poorly conducted as to be irrelevant to evaluating rational choice models. Tests that are properly conducted either tend to undermine rational choice theories or to lend support for propositions that are banal. Green and Shapiro offer numerous suggestions as to how rational choice propositions might be reformulated as parts of testable hypotheses for the study of politics. In a final chapter they anticipate and respond to a variety of rational choice counterarguments, thereby initiating a dialogue that is bound to continue for some time.

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Critique of applications in political science

موضوع مستند نشده

Political science-- Methodology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Rational choice theory.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Green, Donald P.,1961-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Shapiro, Ian.

تاريخ عمليات

20140214083402.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y