Jon Elsters Theorie rationaler Bindungen

The authors of this volume present central parts of Jon Elster's complete works, giving the reader an overall view of their direction, scope of application and their reception history. They provide a critical analysis of problems pertaining to local justice, behavior and time-inconsistency, the integration of emotions into the theory of rational behavior, group solidarity and constitution-making. This will be of interest to anyone interested in the theoretical foundations of democratic economic and social policies.