Putting choice before democracy : a critique of rational choice theory
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Putting choice before democracy : a critique of rational choice theory
（SUNY series in political theory, Contemporary issues）
State University of New York Press, c1996
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-134) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this critique of rational choice theory, Emily Hauptmann explores the idea central to the theory, namely, that democracy can best be explained in terms of an economic conception of choice. Her argument turns on the claims that the choices we face as citizens are not reducible to the choices we face as consumers and that democracy cannot be reduced to a series of choices, economic or otherwise.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Political Frustrations of the Rational Chooser: The Structure of Elections, the Two-Party System and the Politics of Interest Groups
2. The False Paradox of Choice in Rational Choice Theory
3. Democracy without the Rational Chooser: The Lottery System in Ancient Athens
4. Against an Economic Explanation of Politics
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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