Jon Elster
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Jon Elster
Explaining Social Behavior
In this new edition of his critically acclaimed book, Jon Elster examines the nature of social behavior, proposing choice as the central concept of the social sciences.
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Secrecy and Publicity in Votes and Debates
In the spirit of Jeremy Bentham's Political Tactics, this volume offers the first comprehensive discussion of the effects of secrecy and publicity on debates and votes in committees and assemblies.
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Ulysses Unbound
Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails.
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Closing the Books
An analysis of transitional justice - retribution and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in the fifth century BC to the present.
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Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist
The book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqueville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than as a political theorist.
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