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The limits of public choice : a sociological critique of the economic theory of politics / Lars Udehn
Bib ID 2450209
Format BookBook
Author
Udehn, Lars, 1948-
 
Description New York : Routledge, 1996 
p. cm. 
ISBN 0415082730 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
041512512X (paper)
Full contents
  • 1. Two Approaches to Politics. Public choice. Political Sociology
  • 2. Self-Interest in Politics. Politicians. Bureaucrats. Voters. Political man. Sociological man
  • 3. Politics as Exchange. Exchange. Persuasion. Power
  • 4. Individualism. Methodological individualism. Normative public choice. Public choice as ideology
  • 5. The Economics of Collective Action. The problem of collective action. Group size. Time and interaction. Social structure. Selective incentives. Mixed motivations. The evidence
  • 6. The Sociology of Collective Action. Group theory. Collective behaviour. Collective action. Resource mobilization. Social movements. New social movements
  • 7. Cooperation and Social Order. Reciprocity. Community. Social order.
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects Social choice.  |  Economics -- Sociological aspects.

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