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Preferences and Situations Points of Intersection Between Historical and Rational Choice In. / Ira Katznelson and Barry R. Weingast, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political sociology.
- Historical sociology.
- Rational choice theory--Political aspects.
- Rational choice theory.
- Preferences (Philosophy).
- Institutions (Philosophy).
- Social institutions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A scholarly gulf has tended to divide historians, political scientists, and social movement theorists on how people develop and act on their preferences.Rational choice scholars assumed that people--regardless of the time and place in which they live--try to achieve certain goals, like maximizing their personal wealth or power.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Intersections Between Historical and Rational Choice Institutionalism / Ira Katznelson and Barry R. Weingast; Part I. Situations ; Chapter 2. A Cross of Gold, a Crown of Thorns: Preferences and Decisions in the 1896 Democratic National Convention / Richard Bensel; Chapter 3. Congress and Civil Rights Policy: An Examination of Endogenous Preferences / David W. Brady, John A. Ferejohn, and Jeremy C. Pope; Chapter 4. "To Give Counsel and to Consent": Why the King (Edward I) Expelled His Jews (in 1290) / Ira Katznelson; Part II. Processes
- Chapter 5. Preference Formation as a Political Process: The Case of Monetary Union in Europe / Peter A. HallChapter 6. Persuasion, Preference Change, and Critical Junctures: The Microfoundations of a Macroscopic Concept / Barry R. Weingast; Chapter 7. Endogenous Preferences About Courts: A Theory of Judicial State Building in the Nineteenth Century / Charles M. Cameron; Part III. Categories ; Chapter 8. Inducing Preferences Within Organizations: The Case of Unions / Margaret Levi; Chapter 9. Preference Formation in Transitional Justice / Jon Elster
- Chapter 10. What the Politics of Enfranchisement Can Tell Us About How Rational Choice Theorists Study Institutions / James JohnsonPart IV. Synthesis ; Chapter 11. Combining Institutionalisms: Liberal Choices and Political Trajectories in Central America / James Mahoney; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-333-0
- OCLC:
- 906809407
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