{"product_id":"explaining-social-behavior-more-nuts-and-bolts-for-the-social-sciences-paperback-9781107416413","title":"Explaining Social Behavior; More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107416413","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExplaining Social Behavior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMore Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA substantially revised edition of Jon Elster's critically acclaimed book exploring the nature of social behavior and the social sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJon Elster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107416413, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 July 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages, 43 b\/w illus.  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.5 x 5.3 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a delightfully engaging book by one of the best thinkers of our age. Elster offers illuminating insights into a wide variety of fundamental psychological and social phenomena. Always charming as well as lucid, in this superb new edition Elster gives intriguing answers to fascinating questions.' Kent Berridge, University of Michigan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this new edition of his critically acclaimed book, Jon Elster examines the nature of social behavior, proposing choice as the central concept of the social sciences. Extensively revised throughout, the book offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms, drawing on many case studies and experiments to explore the nature of explanation in the social sciences; an analysis of the mental states - beliefs, desires, and emotions - that are precursors to action; a systematic comparison of rational-choice models of behavior with alternative accounts, and a review of mechanisms of social interaction ranging from strategic behavior to collective decision making. A wholly new chapter includes an exploration of classical moralists and Proust in charting mental mechanisms operating 'behind the back' of the agent, and a new conclusion points to the pitfalls and fallacies in current ways of doing social science, proposing guidelines for more modest and more robust procedures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Explanation and Mechanisms: 1. Explanation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e 3. Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Mind: 4. Motivations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Self-interest and altruism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Myopia and foresight\u003cbr\u003e 7. Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e 8. Emotions\u003cbr\u003e 9. Transmutations\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Action: 10. Constraints: opportunities and abilities\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reinforcement and selection\u003cbr\u003e 12. Persons and situations\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rational choice\u003cbr\u003e 14. Rationality and behavior\u003cbr\u003e 15. Responding to irrationality\u003cbr\u003e 16. Implications for textual interpretation\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Interaction: 17. Unintended consequences\u003cbr\u003e 18. Strategic interaction\u003cbr\u003e 19. Games and behavior\u003cbr\u003e 20. Trust\u003cbr\u003e 21. Social norms\u003cbr\u003e 22. Collective belief formation\u003cbr\u003e 23. Collective action\u003cbr\u003e 24. Collective decision making\u003cbr\u003e 25. Institutions and constitutions\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: is social science possible?\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000448209176,"sku":"9781107416413","price":29.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107416413i_527f8369-0aa2-41b0-969e-b88e854da87c.jpg?v=1694485990","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/explaining-social-behavior-more-nuts-and-bolts-for-the-social-sciences-paperback-9781107416413","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}