The Decisionist Imagination : Sovereignty, Social Science and Democracy in the 20th Century.

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In the decades following World War II, the science of decision-making moved from the periphery to the center of transatlantic thought. The Decisionist Imagination explores how "decisionism" emerged from its origins in prewar political theory to become an object of intense social scientific...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guilhot, Nicolas
Other Authors: Bessner, Daniel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2018.
Subjects:
Political science > Methodology.
Political science > Decision making.
Politique > Prise de décision.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
Political science > Decision making
Political science > Methodology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; The Decisionist Imagination; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Who Decides?; Chapter 1. Reading the International Mind; Chapter 2. Militant Democracy as Decisionist Liberalism; Chapter 3. Parliamentary and Electoral Decisions as Political Acts; Chapter 4. Decision and Decisionism; Chapter 5. How Having Reasons Became Making a Decision; Chapter 6. Computable Rationality, NUTS, and the Nuclear Leviathan; Chapter 7. The Unlikely Revolutionaries; Chapter 8. Prediction and Social Choice.
  • Chapter 9. Predictive Algorithms and Criminal SentencingConclusion. The Myth of the Decision; Index.

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