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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankEXPLAININGSOCIALBEHAVIORMORENUTSANDBOLTSFORTHESOCIALSCIENCESThisbookisanexpandedandrevisededitionoftheauthorscriticallyacclaimedvolumeNutsandBoltsfortheSocialSciences.Intwenty-sixsuccinctchapters,JonElsterprovidesanaccountofthenatu
2、reofexplanationinthesocialsciences;ananalysisofthementalstatesbeliefs,desires,andemotionsthatareprecursorstoaction;asystematiccomparisonofrational-choicemodelsofbehaviorwithalternativeaccounts;adiscussionofwhatthesocialsciencesmaylearnfromneuro-scienceandevolut
3、ionarybiology;andareviewofmechanismsofsocialinteractionrangingfromstrategicbehaviortocollectivedecisionmaking.Heoffersanoverviewofkeyexplanatorymechanismsinthesocialsciences,relyingonhundredsofexamplesanddrawingonalargevarietyofsourcespsychology,behavioralecono
4、mics,biology,politicalscience,historicalwritings,philosophy,andfiction.Inaccessibleandjargon-freelanguage,Elsteraimsataccuracyandclaritywhileeschewingformalmodels.Inaprovocativeconclusion,hedefendsthecentralityofquali-tativesocialscienceinatwo-frontwaragainstsof
5、t(literary)andhard(mathematical)formsofobscurantism.JonElsterisProfessor(ChairedeRationalite´etSciencesSociales)attheColle`gedeFrance.AFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesandCorrespondingFellowoftheBritishAcademy,heisarecipientoffellowshipsfromtheJohnSim
6、onGuggenheimFoundationandtheRussellSageFoundation,amongmanyothers.Dr.ElsterhastaughtattheUniversityofChicagoandColumbiaUniversityandhasheldvisitingprofessorshipsatmanyuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesandEurope.Heistheauthororeditorofthirty-fourbooks,mostrecentlyClo
7、singtheBooks:TransitionalJusticeinHistoricalPerspectiveandRetri-butionandRestitutionintheTransitiontoDemocracy.EXPLAININGSOCIALBEHAVIORMoreNutsandBoltsfortheSocialSciencesJONELSTERCOLLE`GEDEFRANCECAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,Cap
8、eTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.org
