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Author Elster, Jon, 1940-
Title Explaining social behavior : more nuts and bolts for the social sciences / Jon Elster.
Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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 Social Science Section  H61 .El79 2007    AVAILABLE

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Description xi, 484 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note Expanded and rev. ed. of: Nuts and bolts for the social sciences, 1989.
Contents Explanation -- Mechanisms -- Interpretation -- Motivations -- Self-interest and altruism -- myopia and foresight -- Beliefs -- Emotions -- Desires and opportunites -- Persons and situations -- Rational choice -- Rationality and behavior -- Responding to irrationality -- Some implications for textual interpretation -- Physiology and neuroscience -- Explanation by consequences and natural selection -- Selection and human behavior -- Unintended consequences -- Strategic interaction -- Games and behavior -- Trust -- Social norms -- Collective belief formation -- Collective action -- Collective decision making -- Organizations and institutions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Social sciences -- Methodology.
Social interaction.
Added Author Elster, Jon, 1940- Nuts and bolts for the social sciences.
ISBN 9780521777445



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