ENGLISH

Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

By Jon Elster

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
052177179X, 9780521771795, 0521777445, 9780521777445
Open Library ID
OL22756120M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2310383 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
498\498
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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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