Nuts and bolts for the social sciences /

This 1989 book is intended as an introductory survey of the philosophy of the social sciences. It is essentially a work of exposition which offers a toolbox of mechanisms - nuts and bolts, cogs and wheels - that can be used to explain complex social phenomena. Within a brief compass, Jon Elster cove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elster, Jon, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Temas:
Social sciences > Methodology.
Social interaction.
Sciences sociales > Méthodologie.
Interaction sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Sozialwissenschaften
Methodologie
Sociale wetenschappen.
Methodologie.
Sociale interactie.
Épistémologie des sciences sociales.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mechanisms
  • Human action
  • Desires and opportunities
  • Rational choice
  • When rationality fails
  • Myopia and foresight
  • Selfishness and altruism
  • Emotions
  • Natural and social selection
  • Reinforcement
  • Interaction
  • Unintended consequences
  • Equilibrium
  • Social norms
  • Collective action
  • Bargaining
  • Social institutions
  • Social change.

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