Explaining Social Behavior

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Jon Elster

页数:484

出版时间:2007-4-30

价格:USD 32.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521777445

图书标签:社会学方法论政治学行为学理性选择Methodology政治经济学方法論

This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources-psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models.

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解释力上非常有野心，理论抽象上很有建树的著作。从理性和有限理性的角度，解释人类社会中方方面面的理性和看似非理性的行为。对于经济学专业或理性选择学派的人，读这本书很顺畅，也很长见识，因为还引用到了心理学和神经科学的一些成果。

解释力上非常有野心，理论抽象上很有建树的著作。从理性和有限理性的角度，解释人类社会中方方面面的理性和看似非理性的行为。对于经济学专业或理性选择学派的人，读这本书很顺畅，也很长见识，因为还引用到了心理学和神经科学的一些成果。

value the first two chapters.