Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (eBook)

An Introduction

Gerald Gaus, John Thrasher (Autoren)

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2021
338 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21980-6 (ISBN)

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An updated and expanded edition of the classic introduction to PPE-philosophy, politics, and economics-coauthored by one of the field's pioneersPhilosophy, Politics, and Economics offers a complete introduction to the fundamental tools and concepts of analysis that PPE students need to study social and political issues. This fully updated and expanded edition examines the core methodologies of rational choice, strategic analysis, norms, and collective choice that serve as the bedrocks of political philosophy and the social sciences. The textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and nonspecialists looking to familiarize themselves with PPE's approaches.Starting with individual choice, the book develops an account of rationality to introduce readers to decision theory, utility theory, and concepts of welfare economics and consumer choice theory. It moves to strategic choice in game theory to explore such issues as bargaining theory, repeated games, and evolutionary game theory. The text also considers how social norms can be understood, observed, and measured. Concluding chapters address collective choice, social choice theory and democracy, and public choice theory's connections to voters, representatives, and institutions.Rigorous and comprehensive, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics continues to be an essential text for this popular and burgeoning field.The only book that covers the entirety of PPE methodsA rigorous, nontechnical introduction to decision theory, game theory, and positive political theoryA philosophical introduction to rational choice theory in the social sciences

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.11.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 30 b/w illus. 86 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: An Economic Theory of Democracy • Arrow's Impossibility Theorem • Bargaining Problem • Behavioral Economics • bureaucrat • Calculation • Cardinal utility • Common knowledge (logic) • Competition (economics) • Contingency (Philosophy) • Contract curve • Cost Approach • Cost–benefit analysis • Cost curve • Cost of conflict • Decision Theory • Decision Tree • Economics • economist • economy • Ellsberg paradox • endowment effect • Expected utility hypothesis • Experimental economics • Externality • Foundations of statistics • General Equilibrium Theory • Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem • Homo economicus • Ideology • Indifference curve • Institutional Economics • Journal of Political Economy • law and economics • Law of demand • Legislature • Marginal cost • marginal rate of substitution • marginal utility • market analysis • Market (economics) • Market Economy • Market Value • Money pump • Nash Equilibrium • Negotiation • normative • opportunity cost • Ordinal utility • Pareto Efficiency • payout • Philosopher • Philosophy • Philosophy and economics • Political culture • Political Economy • Political Party • Political Philosophy • Political Science • political spectrum • Politics • Preference (economics) • Pricing • Principles of Economics (Marshall) • Principles of Economics (Menger) • Principles of Political Economy • Prisoner's dilemma • Probability • Property rights (economics) • Prospect Theory • Public Finance • Public Policy • Rational Choice Theory • Rationality • Relative value (economics) • right-wing politics • Risk Aversion • Search cost • Self-Interest • Social Choice and Individual Values • Social Choice Theory • Social dilemma • Social Philosophy • Social Theory • solution concept • State of affairs (philosophy) • State of affairs (sociology) • Subjectivism • Supply (economics) • The Lighthouse in Economics • theory • The Philosopher • The Problem of Social Cost • transaction cost • Utility • Value (economics) • Vote trading • Voting • Welfare Economics • Welfare State
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21980-X / 069121980X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21980-6 / 9780691219806