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008			130924s1994 ctua ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780300187083 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aJA73 _b.P384 1994
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aGreen, Donald P., _d1961- _e1
245	1	0	_aPathologies of rational choice theory : _ba critique of applications in political science / _cDonald P. Green, Ian Shapiro.
246	3	0	_aCritique of applications in political science
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c(c)1994.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_a1. Rationality in Politics and Economics --- 2. The Nature of Rational Choice --- 3. Methodological Pathologies --- 4. The Paradox of Voter Turnout --- 5. Social Dilemmas --- 6. Legislative Behaviour and the Paradox of Voting --- 7. Spatial Theories of Electoral Competition --- 8. Responses to Likely Counterarguments.
520	0		_aThis is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian Shapiro assess rational choice theory where it is reputed to be most successful: the study of collective action, the behavior of political parties and politicians, and such phenomena as voting cycles and Prisoner's Dilemmas. In their hard-hitting critique, Green and Shapiro demonstrate that the much-heralded achievements of rational choice theory are in fact deeply suspect and that fundamental rethinking is needed if rational choice theorists are to contribute to the understanding of politics. Green and Shapiro show that empirical tests of rational choice theories are marred by a series of methodological defects. These defects flow from the characteristic rational choice impulse to defend universal theories of politics. As a result, many tests are so poorly conducted as to be irrelevant to evaluating rational choice models. Tests that are properly conducted either tend to undermine rational choice theories or to lend support for propositions that are banal. Green and Shapiro offer numerous suggestions as to how rational choice propositions might be reformulated as parts of testable hypotheses for the study of politics. In a final chapter they anticipate and respond to a variety of rational choice counterarguments, thereby initiating a dialogue that is bound to continue for some time.
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650		0	_aRational choice theory.
650		0	_aPolitical science _xMethodology.
650		4	_aPolítica _xMetodología
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aShapiro, Ian.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=642448&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell