Putting Choice Before Democracy: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory (S U N Y Series in Political Theory) (Suny Series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues) - Couverture souple

Hauptmann, Emily

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791430286 ISBN 13 : 9780791430286

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Shows how rational choice theory's critique and justification of democracy fails in its project to recast democratic theory.

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Emily Hauptmann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791430286
• ISBN 13: 9780791430286
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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