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Nuts and bolts for the social sciences Cover Image E-book E-book

Nuts and bolts for the social sciences

Elster, Jon 1940- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 1107088070 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781107088078 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780521376068
  • ISBN: 0521376068
  • ISBN: 9780521374552
  • ISBN: 0521374553
  • ISBN: 0511812256 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780511812255 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 184 p.) : ill.
    remote
    electronic resource
  • Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182).
Formatted Contents Note: Mechanisms -- Human action -- Desires and opportunities -- Rational choice -- When rationality fails -- Myopia and foresight -- Selfishness and altruism -- Emotions -- Natural and social selection -- Reinforcement -- Interaction -- Unintended consequences -- Equilibrium -- Social norms -- Collective action -- Bargaining -- Social institutions -- Social change.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
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Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Épistémologie des sciences sociales
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology
Sociale interactie
Social interaction
Sociale wetenschappen
Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie
Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie
Sozialwissenschaften
Social interaction
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology
Interacción social
Social sciences -- Methodology
Methodologie
Methodologie
Social sciences -- Methodology
Interaction sociale
Interaction sociale
Multi-User
Genre: Electronic books.

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