Closing the Books
The book offers an analysis of the history of transitional justice. »

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... »

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

Making Sense Of Marx
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The Roundtable Talks And The Breakdown Of Communism
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Explaining Technical Change
A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science »

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... »

Securities Against Misrule
Juries, Assemblies, Elections »

An Introduction to Karl Marx
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Sour Grapes
Studies In The Subversion Of Rationality »