California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
26 produkter
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
Häftad, 1985
272 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both …
Hard Choices
How Women Decide About Work, Career and Motherhood
Häftad, 1986
400 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How do women choose between work and family commitments? And what are the causes, limits, and consequences of the "subtle revolution" in women's choices over the 1960s and 1970s? To answer these questions, Kathleen Gerson analyzes the experiences of a carefully selected group of middle-class and …
Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa
Häftad, 1987
397 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays in this volume represent a dialogue between theory and data. The theory is drawn from a branch of contemporary political economy which can also be labeled the collective-choice school. The data are drawn from Africa. The book extends the methods of reasoning developed in collective …
Principles of Group Solidarity
Häftad, 1988
389 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a …
Of Rule and Revenue
Häftad, 1989
400 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.
Information and Organizations
Häftad, 1990
333 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a …
Rainbow's End
Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985
Häftad, 1990
428 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Unprecedented in its scope, Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence, growth, and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York, Jersey City, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical …
Legislative Leviathan
Party Government in the House
Av Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
Häftad, 1993
400 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Reevaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary Cox and Mathew McCubbins view parties in the House - especially majority parties - as a species of 'legislative cartel.' …
Nested Games
Rational Choice in Comparative Politics
Häftad, 1991
297 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Clearly written and easily understood by the nonspecialist, "Nested Games" provides a systematic, empirically accurate, and theoretically coherent account of apparently irrational political actions.
Political Logic of Economic Reform in China
Häftad, 1993
485 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the past decade, China was able to carry out economic reform without political reform, while the Soviet Union attempted the opposite strategy. How did China succeed at economic market reform without changing communist rule? Susan Shirk shows that Chinese communist political institutions are more …
Peasants and King in Burgundy
Agrarian Foundations of French Absolutism
Häftad, 1992
428 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The example of Old Regime France provides a source for many of the ideas about capitalism, modernization, and peasant protest that concern social scientists today. Hilton Root challenges traditional assumptions and proposes a new interpretation of the relationship between state and society.
Choosing Justice
An Experimental Approach to Ethical Theory
Av Norman Frohlich, Joe A. Oppenheimer
Häftad, 1992
272 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book presents an entirely new answer to the question: 'What is fair'? In their radical approach to ethics, Frohlich and Oppenheimer argue that much of the empirical methodology of the natural sciences should be applied to the ethical questions of fairness and justice.
Women and the Economic Miracle
Gender and Work in Postwar Japan
Häftad, 1994
428 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and …
Politician's Dilemma
Building State Capacity in Latin America
Häftad, 1996
280 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While …
Fountain of Privilege
Political Foundations of Markets in Old Regime France and England
Häftad, 2018
515 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Fountain of Privilege applies contemporary economic and political theory to answer long-standing historical questions about modernization. In particular, it contrasts political stability in Georgian England with the collapse of the Old Regime in France. Why did a century of economic expansion …
Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences
Häftad, 1985
614 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences brings together leading scholars from law, political science, psychology, sociology, and anthropology to examine regulation as a complex social, cultural, and political phenomenon, not merely an economic one. Originating from the 1982 Caltech/NSF Conference …
Political Survival
Politicians and Public Policy in Latin America
Av Barry Ames
Häftad, 1987
447 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Political Survival, Barry Ames shows how public policy, especially the public budget, is used by political leaders seeking to construct coalitions insuring their survival in office. Political theorists, comparative politics specialists, public policy experts, and scholars of Latin America will …
Reactive Risk and Rational Action
Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts
Häftad, 1985
515 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts offers a sophisticated anatomy of how insurers confront losses that change precisely because insurance exists. Rather than treating pricing as a purely actuarial exercise, the book shows why markets “thin” when …
Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua
State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy
Häftad, 1986
515 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy offers a penetrating analysis of the challenges faced by the Sandinista regime following the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in 1979. Written in the context of a developing nation grappling with revolutionary …
Social Origins of Political Regionalism
France, 1849-1981
Häftad, 1988
349 kr
Lägg i varukorg
William Brustein’s The Social Origins of Political Regionalism: France 1849–1981 tackles a central puzzle in modern French history: why regions with similar agrarian economies—like Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany and Bonnieux in Provence—have persistently voted in opposite ideological blocs for …
Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences
Inbunden, 1985
1131 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences brings together leading scholars from law, political science, psychology, sociology, and anthropology to examine regulation as a complex social, cultural, and political phenomenon, not merely an economic one. Originating from the 1982 Caltech/NSF Conference …
Political Survival
Politicians and Public Policy in Latin America
Av Barry Ames
Inbunden, 1987
1190 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Political Survival, Barry Ames shows how public policy, especially the public budget, is used by political leaders seeking to construct coalitions insuring their survival in office. Political theorists, comparative politics specialists, public policy experts, and scholars of Latin America will …
Reactive Risk and Rational Action
Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts
Inbunden, 1985
1190 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts offers a sophisticated anatomy of how insurers confront losses that change precisely because insurance exists. Rather than treating pricing as a purely actuarial exercise, the book shows why markets “thin” when …
Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua
State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy
Inbunden, 1986
1190 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy offers a penetrating analysis of the challenges faced by the Sandinista regime following the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in 1979. Written in the context of a developing nation grappling with revolutionary …
Social Origins of Political Regionalism
France, 1849-1981
Inbunden, 1988
1156 kr
Lägg i varukorg
William Brustein’s The Social Origins of Political Regionalism: France 1849–1981 tackles a central puzzle in modern French history: why regions with similar agrarian economies—like Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany and Bonnieux in Provence—have persistently voted in opposite ideological blocs for …
Fountain of Privilege
Political Foundations of Markets in Old Regime France and England
Inbunden, 2024
1583 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Fountain of Privilege applies contemporary economic and political theory to answer long-standing historical questions about modernization. In particular, it contrasts political stability in Georgian England with the collapse of the Old Regime in France. Why did a century of economic expansion …
