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... »

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

Strong Feelings
Emotion, Addiction and Human Behavior »

La Democracia Deliberativa
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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... »

Solomonic Judgements
Studies in the Limitation of Rationality »

Ulysses Unbound
Studies In Rationality, Precommitment, And Constraints »

Alchemies Of The Mind
Examining the emotions using the full range of theoretical approaches, this text draws on history, literature, philosophy and psychology to present a complet... »

Explaining Technical Change
A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science »

The Roundtable Talks And The Breakdown Of Communism
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