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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... mechanisms and the- ories . Third , he illustrates those general principles of political psychology through readings of three outstanding political psy- chologists : the French classical historian Paul Veyne , the Soviet dissident ...
... mechanisms and the- ories . Third , he illustrates those general principles of political psychology through readings of three outstanding political psy- chologists : the French classical historian Paul Veyne , the Soviet dissident ...
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... MECHANISMS I shall start with the last of these . Why would it seem useful , when explaining a theoretical approach , to concentrate on writers rather than on the theory itself ? Although Veyne , Zinoviev , and Tocqueville are brilliant ...
... MECHANISMS I shall start with the last of these . Why would it seem useful , when explaining a theoretical approach , to concentrate on writers rather than on the theory itself ? Although Veyne , Zinoviev , and Tocqueville are brilliant ...
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... mechanisms is a sounder and more helpful tool . Mechanism : This is the key word . It will figure very largely in this book . In my view , progress in the social sciences does not lie in the construction of general theories such as ...
... mechanisms is a sounder and more helpful tool . Mechanism : This is the key word . It will figure very largely in this book . In my view , progress in the social sciences does not lie in the construction of general theories such as ...
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... mechanisms . I do not propose a formal definition , but shall only provide an informal pointer : A mech- anism is a ... mechanism of the " sour grapes syndrome , " in which desires are adjusted in accordance with the means of achieving ...
... mechanisms . I do not propose a formal definition , but shall only provide an informal pointer : A mech- anism is a ... mechanism of the " sour grapes syndrome , " in which desires are adjusted in accordance with the means of achieving ...
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... mechanisms . On the one hand , there is a spillover effect by which the habit of envy tends to spread . According to Plutarch , once the habit of envying enemies is established " it sticks ; then from habit we start hating and envying ...
... mechanisms . On the one hand , there is a spillover effect by which the habit of envy tends to spread . According to Plutarch , once the habit of envying enemies is established " it sticks ; then from habit we start hating and envying ...
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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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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 |