Principles of Politics: A Rational Choice Theory Guide to Politics and Social Justice
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Joe Oppenheimer (Author)
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Modern rational choice and social justice theories allow scholars to develop new understandings of the foundations and general patterns of politics and political behavior. In this book, Joe Oppenheimer enumerates and justifies the empirical and moral generalizations commonly derived from these theories. In developing these arguments, Oppenheimer gives students a foundational basis of both formal theory and theories of social justice, and their related experimental literatures. He uses empirical findings to evaluate the validity of the claims. This basic survey of the findings of public choice theory for political scientists covers the problems of collective action, institutional structures, citizen well-being and social welfare, regime change and political leadership. Principles of Politics highlights what is universal to all of politics and examines both the empirical problems of political behavior and the normative conundrums of social justice. 23 Tables, unspecified; 45 Line drawings, unspecified
About the Author
Joe Oppenheimer is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.
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- Contributor: Joe Oppenheimer
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781107601642
- Number of Pages: 306
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x17mm
- Packaged Weight: 420
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2012-07-30
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Joe Oppenheimer is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.
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