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Constitutionalism and Democracy
The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, centre around three overlapping problems. First, why would a society want to limit its own sovereign …
Were They Pushed Or Did They Jump?
This book explores the factors which govern the range of educational decisions confronting individuals between compulsory school education and university. The data on which it …
Minority Government and Majority Rule
Minority governments in parliamentary democracies are conventionally considered to be unstable and ineffective aberrations from the principle of majority rule. Through analysis of …
Democracy and the Market
The quest for freedom from hunger and repression has triggered in recent years a dramatic, worldwide reform of political and economic systems. Never have so many people enjoyed, or …
Social Mechanisms
The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations …
Picoeconomics
Originally published in 1992, this book examines an elementary human paradox: that we are endangered by our own wishes; or, as Oscar Wilde put it, 'When the gods want to punish us …
Foundations of Social Choice Theory
The essays in this volume, first published in 1986, examine the philosophical foundations of social choice theory. This field, a modern and sophisticated outgrowth of welfare …
The Multiple Self
The essays in this volume consider the question of whether the self is a unity or whether it should be conceived without metaphor as divided - as a ‘multiple self’. The issue is a …
The Cement of Society
The question Jon Elster addresses in this challenging new book is what binds societies together and prevents them from disintegrating into chaos and war. He analyses two concepts …
Individual Interests and Collective Action
This book brings together the most important theoretical work of James S. Coleman on problems of collective action. Coleman's work has formed a consistent and highly distinguished …
Multiple Self
Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being
In this volume a diverse group of economists, philosophers, political scientists, and psychologists address the problems, principles, and practices involved in comparing the …