Elster, Jon

Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

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ISBN 13:: 9780521376068
author:: Elster, Jon
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cambridge University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 1989
Pages:: 192
Genre:: Philosophy
Condition:: New
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Jon Elster's Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of the social sciences. This accessible work provides a toolkit for understanding complex social phenomena, covering topics such as rational choice theory, motivation, and behavior. Elster explores how our desires and opportunities intersect, and how we can apply theoretical frameworks to explain human behavior in various contexts, including wage bargaining, economic cartels, and voting in elections. He also examines the limitations of these theories and the ways in which they can fail to account for human irrationality. By examining the mechanisms that underlie social phenomena, Elster provides a nuanced understanding of the social sciences and their ability to explain the world around us.

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