Research Catalog

Title

The Economic approach to politics : a critical reassessment of the theory of rational action / edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe.

Publication

New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1991.

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Additional Authors

• Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946-
• Downs, Anthony

Description

xxiii, 452 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Series Statement

HarperCollins series in comparative politics

Uniform Title

HarperCollins series in comparative politics.

Subject

• Political science > Economic aspects
• Rational expectations (Economic theory)

Note

• Issued in honor of the contribution of Anthony Downs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The theory of rational action / Kristen Renwick Monroe -- Rational choice theory and the social sciences / Gabriel A. Almond -- The forgotten limits / Jaan W. Whitehead -- Rationality and frustration in political behavior / Harry Eckstein -- Human agency and rational action / David Johnston -- Rational choice as a reconstructive theory / James D. Johnson -- Social values and democracy / Anthony Downs -- The rational actor approach to politics / Mark P. Petracca -- Self-interest and democratic theory / Laura J. Scalia -- Rational actor theory, social norms, and policy implementation / Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast -- Rational choice / Robert Grafstein.
• (cont.) Rationality and interpretation / John Ferejohn -- The rational boundaries of rationality / Michel Crozier -- Altruism and the theory of rational action / Kristen R. Monroe, Michael C. Barton, and Ute Klingemann -- Incomplete coercion / Howard Margolis -- Rational maximizing in economic theories of politics / Gregory S. Kavka -- Rationality, markets, and political analysis / Shawn Rosenberg -- Contrasting rational and psychological analyses of political choice / Donald Wittman.

ISBN

0673464261

LCCN

^^^90026648^

OCLC

22909196

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library