Geoffrey Brennan trained originally as a public economist, but increasingly works in rational actor political theory. He was at the Australian National University for ten years, before he took up a Professorship in the Public Choice Center at Virgina Tech. In 1983, he returned to the ANU to become head of the Economics Department and in 1988 joined the Research School of Social Science, of which he was Director from 1991 to 1997. He is currently the Editor of Economics and Philosophy.Philip Pettit teaches political theory and philosophy at Princeton University, where is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics. Prior to taking up this post in 2002, he had been at the Australia National University, Canberra for many years. Irish by background and training, he has previously held positions at University College, Dublin; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and Bradford University. His interests include the philosophy of cognitive and social science as well as moral and political theory.

Brennan and Pettit's book raises a great number of questions of both theoretical and empirical importance. Innovative and illuminating, this book is an interesting contribution to philosophically inspired social sciences.

• Introduction: Rediscovering the Economy of Esteem ; PART I: TOWARDS AN ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 1. The Nature and Attraction of Esteem ; 2. The Demand for Esteem ; 3. The Supply of Esteem ; 4. The Economy of Esteem ; PART II: WITHIN THE ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 5. A Simple Equilibrium in Performance ; 6. A More Complex Equilibrium in Performance ; 7. Multiple Equilibria and Bootstrapping Performance ; 8. Publicity and Individual Responses ; 9. Publicity and Accepted Standards ; 10. Seeking and Shunning Publicity ; 11. Voluntary Association ; 12. Involuntary Association ; PART III: EXPLOITING THE ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 13. The Intangible Hand in Profile ; 14. The Intangible Hand in Practice ; 15. Mobilising the Intangible Hand

Geoffrey Brennan trained originally as a public economist, but increasingly works in rational actor political theory. He was at the Australian National University for ten years, before he took up a Professorship in the Public Choice Center at Virgina Tech. In 1983, he returned to the ANU to become head of the Economics Department and in 1988 joined the Research School of Social Science, of which he was Director from 1991 to 1997. He is currently the Editor of Economics and Philosophy.Philip Pettit teaches political theory and philosophy at Princeton University, where is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics. Prior to taking up this post in 2002, he had been at the Australia National University, Canberra for many years. Irish by background and training, he has previously held positions at University College, Dublin; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and Bradford University. His interests include the philosophy of cognitive and social science as well as moral and political theory.

Brennan and Pettit's book raises a great number of questions of both theoretical and empirical importance. Innovative and illuminating, this book is an interesting contribution to philosophically inspired social sciences.

• Introduction: Rediscovering the Economy of Esteem ; PART I: TOWARDS AN ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 1. The Nature and Attraction of Esteem ; 2. The Demand for Esteem ; 3. The Supply of Esteem ; 4. The Economy of Esteem ; PART II: WITHIN THE ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 5. A Simple Equilibrium in Performance ; 6. A More Complex Equilibrium in Performance ; 7. Multiple Equilibria and Bootstrapping Performance ; 8. Publicity and Individual Responses ; 9. Publicity and Accepted Standards ; 10. Seeking and Shunning Publicity ; 11. Voluntary Association ; 12. Involuntary Association ; PART III: EXPLOITING THE ECONOMICS OF ESTEEM ; 13. The Intangible Hand in Profile ; 14. The Intangible Hand in Practice ; 15. Mobilising the Intangible Hand