Search results for ""Author John E. Roemer""
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd FOUNDATIONS OF ANALYTICAL MARXISM
Foundations of Analytical Marxism compiles important articles representing the school of analytical Marxism. This school of thought was inaugurated by the publication of G.A. Cohen's Karl Marx's Theory of History in 1978. Since then scholars in political philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, history and anthropology have contributed to it. This two volume set has been divided into seven parts: Class, Exploitation, Power and Domination, Historical Materialism, The State, Market Socialism, Freedom and Methodology.
£359.00
Yale University Press How We Cooperate: A Theory of Kantian Optimization
A new theory of how and why we cooperate, drawing from economics, political theory, and philosophy to challenge the conventional wisdom of game theory Game theory explains competitive behavior by working from the premise that people are self-interested. People don’t just compete, however; they also cooperate. John Roemer argues that attempts by orthodox game theorists to account for cooperation leave much to be desired. Unlike competing players, cooperating players take those actions that they would like others to take—which Roemer calls “Kantian optimization.” Through rigorous reasoning and modeling, Roemer demonstrates a simpler theory of cooperative behavior than the standard model provides.
£50.00
Harvard University Press Racism, Xenophobia, and Distribution: Multi-Issue Politics in Advanced Democracies
From the Republican Party's "Southern Strategy" in the U.S. to the rise of Le Pen's National Front in France, conservative politicians in the last thirty years have capitalized on voters' resentment of ethnic minorities to win votes and undermine government aid to the poor. In this book, the authors construct a theoretical model to calculate the effect of voters' attitudes about race and immigration on political parties' stances on income distribution.Drawing on empirical data from the U.S., Britain, Denmark, and France, they use their model to show how parties choose their platforms and compete for votes. They find that the Right is able to push fiscal policies that hurt working and middle class citizens by attracting voters who may be liberal on economic issues but who hold conservative views on race or immigration. The authors estimate that if all voters held non-racist views, liberal and conservative parties alike would have proposed levels of redistribution 10 to 20 percent higher than they did. Combining historical analysis and empirical rigor with major theoretical advances, the book yields fascinating insights into how politicians exploit social issues to advance their economic agenda.
£78.26
