Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science - Hardcover

Green, Donald P.; Shapiro, Ian

 
9780300059144: Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300059140 ISBN 13: 9780300059144
Verlag: Yale University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian Shapiro assess rational choice theory where it is reputed to be most successful: the study of collective action, the behavior of political parties and politicians, and such phenomena as voting cycles and Prisoner's Dilemmas. In their hard-hitting critique, Green and Shapiro demonstrate that the much-heralded achievements of rational choice theory are in fact deeply suspect and that fundamental rethinking is needed if rational choice theorists are to contribute to the understanding of politics.
Green and Shapiro show that empirical tests of rational choice theories are marred by a series of methodological defects. These defects flow from the characteristic rational choice impulse to defend universal theories of politics. As a result, many tests are so poorly conducted as to be irrelevant to evaluating rational choice models. Tests that are properly conducted either tend to undermine rational choice theories or to lend support for propositions that are banal. Green and Shapiro offer numerous suggestions as to how rational choice propositions might be reformulated as parts of testable hypotheses for the study of politics. In a final chapter they anticipate and respond to a variety of rational choice counterarguments, thereby initiating a dialogue that is bound to continue for some time.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Donald P. Green is a professor of political science at Yale University.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300059140
ISBN 13 
9780300059144
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
250
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
Nicht verfügbar

Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels

9780300066364: Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science

Vorgestellte Ausgabe

ISBN 10:  0300066368 ISBN 13:  9780300066364
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2012
Softcover