Description: In "Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy," S. M. Amadae tells the remarkable story of how rational choice theory rose from obscurity to become the intellectual bulwark of capitalist democracy. Amadae roots "Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy" in the turbulent post-World War II era, showing how rational choice theory grew out of the RAND Corporation's efforts to develop a "science" of military and policy decisionmaking. But while the first generation of rational choice theorists--William Riker, Kenneth Arrow, and James Buchanan--were committed to constructing a "scientific" approach to social science research, they were also deeply committed to defending American democracy from its Marxist critics. Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped their ideas but also how those ideas may today be undermining the very notion of individual liberty they were created to defend.
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EAN: 9780226016542
UPC: 9780226016542
ISBN: 9780226016542
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Item Length: 23.3 cm
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy: the Cold War Origins of RATIONAL Choice Liberalism
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 230 mm
Item Weight: 652 g
Type: Textbook
Author: S.M. Amadae
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 160 mm
Format: Paperback
