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Analyzing Politics makes the fundamentals of rational-choice theory accessible to undergraduates in clear, nontechnical language.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Part I Introduction


1 It Isn't Rocket Science, but...
2 Rationality: The Model of Choice


Part II Group Choice
3 Getting Started with Group Choice Analysis
4 Group Choice and Majority Rule
5 Spatial Models of Majority Rule
6 Strategic Behavior: Sophistication, Misrepresentation, and Manipulation
7 Voting Methods and Electoral Systems


Part III Cooperation, Collective Action, and Public Goods
8 Cooperation
9 Collective Action
10 Public Goods, Externalities, and the Commons
Part IV Institutions
11 Institutions: General Remarks
12 Legislatures
13 Bureaucracy and Intergovernmental Relations
14 Leadership
15 Courts and Judges
16 Cabinet Government and Parliamentary Democracy
17 Final Lessons
Index

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 30/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780393935073, 978-0393935073
      ISBN10: 0393935078
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzing Politics makes the fundamentals of rational-choice theory accessible to undergraduates in clear, nontechnical language.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Part I Introduction


      1 It Isn't Rocket Science, but...
      2 Rationality: The Model of Choice


      Part II Group Choice
      3 Getting Started with Group Choice Analysis
      4 Group Choice and Majority Rule
      5 Spatial Models of Majority Rule
      6 Strategic Behavior: Sophistication, Misrepresentation, and Manipulation
      7 Voting Methods and Electoral Systems


      Part III Cooperation, Collective Action, and Public Goods
      8 Cooperation
      9 Collective Action
      10 Public Goods, Externalities, and the Commons
      Part IV Institutions
      11 Institutions: General Remarks
      12 Legislatures
      13 Bureaucracy and Intergovernmental Relations
      14 Leadership
      15 Courts and Judges
      16 Cabinet Government and Parliamentary Democracy
      17 Final Lessons
      Index

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