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. ... »

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

Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being
A group of economists, philosophers, political scientists and psychologists address the problems, principles and practices involved in comparing the well-bei... »

Rationale Argumentation
Ein Grundkurs in Argumentations- Und Wissenschaftstheorie »

Making Sense Of Marx
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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... »

Local Justice In America
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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... »

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 »