- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (April 30 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521777445
- ISBN-13: 978-0521777445
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 16.1 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 662 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #100,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...contains many interesting puzzles and examples, and excellent elementary discussions of the major concepts of the social sciences...a treasure trove of suitable and interesting case-studies and examples..." --Dean Rickles, University of Sydney: Philosophy in Review
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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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Corner stone of social science,
This review is from: Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (Paperback)
This book is an indispensible introduction to the social sciences. It should be used alongside with Deirdre McCloskey's Economical Writing and Wayne Booth's et al The Craft of Research. This trio of books provide the corner stones for any social science student: what it is, how to write it and how to do it.
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Simply put- indispensible,
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This review is from: Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (Paperback)
Jon Elster has a long history of being one of the most usefull people in the social sciences. This book, despite its dull name, is wonderful. Anyone interested in rational choice should make this a first stop- Elster's attempt isn't worth missing.
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A well-written summary of Elster's main themes.,
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This review is from: Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (Paperback)
A very cogent summary of Elster's main themes: rationality and how one departs from it, especially from the static notion common in current rational choice theory. Anyone interested in rationality and departures from rationality--a topic much-ignored in current thinking and applications of rational choice theory-- should read this book. While I don't find that I agree with every conclusion Elster makes, he does make me think hard, which is about the best I ever expect.
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