Rational lives: norms and values in politics and society
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Main Author: Chong, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press c2000
Series:American politics and political economy
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index
Interests versus Values -- - Rational Choice -- - Status Politics -- - Symbolic Politics -- - Does Rational Choice Theory Survive the Challenges Posed by the Symbolic Politics Research? -- - Taking Stock of Expressive and Instrumental Theories -- - A Model of Individual Choice -- - Dispositions and Incentives -- - Reference Groups and Conformity -- - Group Dynamics -- - A Model of Individual Choice -- - Incentives: The Meaning of [pi] -- - Reinforcing Only L -- - Reinforcing Only R -- - Dispositions: The Meaning of a and b -- - Exposure to Both L and R -- - Deductions: The Interplay between Incentives and Dispositions -- - Coordination and Conflict -- - Four Mechanisms of Defense -- - Coordination Problems -- - Ethnocentrism -- - Vested Interests -- - Majorities and Minorities -- - Cultural Mobilization -- - Creating Common Frames of Reference -- - Deductions -- - General Strategies -- - The Element of Surprise -- - Convergence on a Focal Point -- - Arguing with Principles -- - Economics Meets Morality in a Texas Community -- - Setting the Agenda -- - Framing Strategies following the First Vote -- - Competing Worldviews -- - The Role of Social and Moral Beliefs in Solving Coordination Problems -- - Morality, Trust, and Social Order -- - Political Repercussions of Cultural Diversity -- - Evaluating Information and Reasoning about Means and Ends -- - Are the Citizens of Williamson County Acting in Their Self-Interest? -- - Mass Adjustment to New Norms -- - Incentives and Dispositions (Reprised) -- - Social Adjustment to New Norms and Practices -- - A Model of Social Adjustment -- - Mechanisms of Social Change
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 292 p.)
ISBN:0226104370
0226104389
0226104397
9780226104379
9780226104386
9780226104393

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