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Getting hooked : rationality and addiction

Title
Getting hooked : rationality and addiction / edited by Jon Elster, Ole-Jørgen Skog.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Elster, Jon, 1940-
  • Skog, Ole-Jørgen.
Description
ix, 286 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Addicts > Psychology
  • Compulsive behavior > Etiology
  • Substance abuse > Etiology
  • Self-control
  • Choice (Psychology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Addiction and social interaction / Karl Ove Moene -- Addiction, weakness of the will, and relapse / Olav Gjelsvik -- The dangers of willpower / George Ainslie -- The neurobiology of chemical addiction / Eliot L. Gardner and James David -- To legalize or not to legalize: is that the question? / Helge Waal -- Rationality, irrationality, and addiction - notes on Becker's and Murphy's theory of addiction / Ole-Jørgen Skog -- Gambling and addiction / Jon Elster -- A visceral account of addiction / George Loewenstein -- Epilogue: rationally coping with lapses from rationality / Thomas Schelling
Call Number
JFD 99-10635
ISBN
0521640083 (hbk.)
LCCN
98017266
OCLC
38753049
Title
Getting hooked : rationality and addiction / edited by Jon Elster, Ole-Jørgen Skog.
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Elster, Jon, 1940-
Skog, Ole-Jørgen.
Research Call Number
JFD 99-10635
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