CiNii 図書 - Explaining social behavior : more nuts and bolts for the social sciences

This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources - psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models. In a provocative conclusion, Elster defends the centrality of qualitative social sciences in a two-front war against soft (literary) and hard (mathematical) forms of obscurantism.

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Explanation and Mechanisms: 1. Explanation
2. Mechanisms
3. Interpretation
Part II. The Mind: 4. Motivations
5. Self-interest and altruism
6. Myopia and foresight
7. Beliefs
8. Emotions
Part III. Action: 9. Desires and opportunities
10. Persons and situations
11. Rational choice
12. Rationality and behavior
13. Responding to irrationality
14. Some implications for textual interpretation
Part IV. Lessons from the Natural Sciences: 15. Physiology and neuroscience
16. Explanation by consequences and natural selection
17. Selection and human behavior
Part V. Interaction: 18. Unintended consequences
19. Strategic interaction
20. Games and behavior
21. Trust
22. Social norms
23. Collective belief formation
24. Collective action
25. Collective decision-making
26. Organizations and institutions
Conclusion.

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