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1 online resource (viii, 345 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intersections between historical and rational choice institutionalism / Ira Katznelson and Barry R. Weingast -- A cross of gold, a crown of thorns: preferences and decisions in the 1896 Democratic National Convention / Richard Bensel -- Congress and civil rights policy: an examination of endogenous preferences / David W. Brady, John A. Ferejohn, and Jeremy C. Pope -- "To give counsel and to consent": why the King (Edward I) expelled his Jews (in 1290) / Ira Katznelson -- Preference formation as a political process: the case of monetary union in Europe / Peter A. Hall -- Persuasion, preference change, and critical junctures: the microfoundations of a macroscopic concept / Barry R. Weingast -- Endogenous preferences about courts: a theory of judicial state building in the nineteenth century / Charles M. Cameron -- Inducing preferences within organizations: the case of unions / Margaret Levi -- Preference formation in transitional justice / Jon Elster -- What the politics of enfranchisement can tell us about how rational choice theorists study institutions / James Johnson -- Combining institutionalisms: liberal choices and political trajectories in Central America / James Mahoney. |
| 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. In contrast, comparative historical scholars have emphasized historical context in explaining people's behavior. Recently, a common emphasis on how institutions - such as unions or governments - influence people's preferences in particular situations has emerged, promising to narrow the divide between the two intellectual camps. In Preferences and Situations, editors Ira Katznelson and Barry R. Weingast seek to expand that common ground by bringing together an esteemed group of contributors to address the ways in which institutions, in their wider historical setting, induce people to behave in certain ways and steer the course of history."--Jacket. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Social institutions.
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Social institutions. |
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Institutions (Philosophy)
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Institutions (Philosophy) |
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Preferences (Philosophy)
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Preferences (Philosophy) |
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Rational choice theory -- Political aspects.
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Rational choice theory -- Political aspects. |
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Rational choice theory. |
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Historical sociology.
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Historical sociology. |
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Political sociology.
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Political sociology. |
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Electronic books.
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Rational Choice.
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| Added Author |
Katznelson, Ira.
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Weingast, Barry R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Preferences and situations. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2005 0871544415 (DLC) 2005048997 (OCoLC)60359677 |
| ISBN |
9781610443333 electronic book |
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1610443330 electronic book |
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0871544415 |
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9780871544414 |
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9780871544421 |
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0871544423 |
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