Political PsychologyCambridge University Press, 1993 M01 29 - 204 páginas This provocative book takes up and develops the themes of rationality and irrationality in Jon Elster's earlier work. Its purposes are threefold. First, Elster shows how belief and preference formation in the realm of politics are shaped by social and political institutions. Second, he argues for an important distinction in the social sciences between mechanisms and theories. Third, he illustrates those general principles of political psychology through readings of three outstanding political psychologists: the French classical historian, Paul Veyne; the Soviet dissident writer, Alexander Zinoviev; the great French political theorist, Alexis de Tocqueville. |
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... less effective , which makes them less inclined to give . Here too , elections provide an example . As a high turnout at the polls can be seen as a public good , in the absence of which democracy might crumble , an individual vote may ...
... less effective , which makes them less inclined to give . Here too , elections provide an example . As a high turnout at the polls can be seen as a public good , in the absence of which democracy might crumble , an individual vote may ...
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... less than a theory , but a great deal more than a description , since it can serve as a model for understanding other cases not yet encountered . Moving from a plurality of mechanisms to a unified theory would mean that we should be ...
... less than a theory , but a great deal more than a description , since it can serve as a model for understanding other cases not yet encountered . Moving from a plurality of mechanisms to a unified theory would mean that we should be ...
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... less ag- gregate level . " A final comment on mechanisms . It might appear , from the examples given , that mechanisms are essentially psychological . 7 For a similar point , see Lewis ( 1982 ) , p . 32 . 8 Mischel ( 1968 ) . 9 Ainslie ...
... less ag- gregate level . " A final comment on mechanisms . It might appear , from the examples given , that mechanisms are essentially psychological . 7 For a similar point , see Lewis ( 1982 ) , p . 32 . 8 Mischel ( 1968 ) . 9 Ainslie ...
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... less the same thing , because in the first place what the actor does is explicable in terms of what he thinks he can do and in the second place what he thinks he can plication of methodological individualism , but a truism that follows ...
... less the same thing , because in the first place what the actor does is explicable in terms of what he thinks he can do and in the second place what he thinks he can plication of methodological individualism , but a truism that follows ...
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... less than fully rational ( see below ) . Sometimes there is a discrepancy , with the action actually taken being different from what would be dictated by the motivations and beliefs of the actor . Two major cases are weak and excessive ...
... less than fully rational ( see below ) . Sometimes there is a discrepancy , with the action actually taken being different from what would be dictated by the motivations and beliefs of the actor . Two major cases are weak and excessive ...
Contenido
A HISTORIAN AND THE IRRATIONAL A READING OF BREAD AND CIRCUSES | 35 |
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NEGATION AN ESSAY IN IBANSKIAN SOCIOLOGY | 70 |
TOCQUEVILLES PSYCHOLOGY I | 101 |
TOCQUEVILLES PSYCHOLOGY II | 136 |
REFERENCES | 192 |
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Términos y frases comunes
achieve action actors American analysis anomie argued argument aristocracy assembly asserts atheism attitude authority behavior believe Bread and Circuses Catch 22 causal cause Chapter citizens cognitive compensation effect constitution contradiction contradictory crowding-out effect Democracy in America democratic societies discussion distinction Elster emperor envy equality euergetism example explain external negation fact Federal Convention framers function functionalist give habits hand Hegel Ibansk Ibanskian idea ideology important indifference curve individual instance interest internal lack latter laws less logic means mechanisms mental methodological individualism mind modal logic motivations myopia notables object observation offers Old Regime oligarch one's opinion paradoxical passage passions phenomenon political psychology possible preferences principle proposition rational reason religion revolution revolutionary self-interest slave slavery sometimes spillover effect taste tendency tends theory Tocqueville 1955 Tocqueville's Veyne Veyne's vote Yawning Heights Zinoviev
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Página 32 - Had the members committed themselves publicly at first, they would have afterwards supposed consistency required them to maintain their ground, whereas by secret discussion no man felt himself obliged to retain his opinions any longer than he was satisfied of their propriety and truth, and was open to the force of argument.
Página 33 - That combination obviously may be undesirable. A main task of a constituent assembly is to strike the proper balance of power between the legislative and the executive branches of government. To assign that task to an assembly that also serves as a legislative body would be to ask it to act as judge in its own cause. A constitution written by a legislative assembly might be expected to give excessive powers to the legislature.
Referencias a este libro
Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory Peter Hedström,Richard Swedberg Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory Peter Hedström,Richard Swedberg Vista previa limitada - 1998 |