Bøger af Jon (Columbia University Elster
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- Rebuilding the Ship at Sea
473,95 - 1.438,95 kr. This book examines the problems and issues facing formerly communist states as they seek to develop a new democratic political order and a market economy.
- Bog
- 473,95 kr.
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- A Survey of Social Order
676,95 kr. 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.
- Bog
- 676,95 kr.
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504,95 - 941,95 kr. This provocative textbook takes up and develops the themes of rationality and irrationality in Jon Elster's earlier work.
- Bog
- 504,95 kr.
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- Studies in the Limitation of Rationality
620,95 kr. This volume of essays considers rational responses to the insufficientcy of reason itself, and to the 'indeterminacies' in deploying rational-choice theory, and discusses the irrationality of not seeing when, where, and what these are. It will be read with interest by anyone concerned with political and social sciences.
- Bog
- 620,95 kr.
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- Rationality and the Emotions
468,95 - 1.025,95 kr. Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of theoretical approaches. Drawing on history, literature, philosophy and psychology Elster presents a complete account of the role of the emotions in human behavior.
- Bog
- 468,95 kr.
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- Studies in Rationality, Precommitment, and Constraints
363,95 - 1.057,95 kr. This provocative book argues that, very often, people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant.
- Bog
- 363,95 kr.
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- Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective
394,95 - 1.183,95 kr. An analysis of transitional justice - retribution and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in the fifth century BC to the present. The 2004 book describes the universe of cases, and proposes a framework for explaining the variations among them.
- Bog
- 394,95 kr.