Reason and Rationality
One of the worlds most important political philosophers Jon Elster is aleading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics andpublic life. ... »

Ulysses Unbound
Studies In Rationality, Precommitment, And Constraints »

Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies
The authors of this book have developed a different approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to dem... »

Explaining Social Behavior
An expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed Nuts »

Local Justice In America
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Making Sense Of Marx
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Choice Over Time
Choice over Time »

Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist
Arguing that Tocqueville was fundamentally a social scientist rather than apolitical theorist Elster emphasizes Tocquevilles substantive andmethodological in... »

La Democracia Deliberativa
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Political Psychology
Shows how belief and preference formation in the realm of politics are shaped by social and political institutions. The book argues for a distinction between... »