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EXPLAINING SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

JON ELSTER
COLLÈGE DE FRANCE

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Elster, Jon, 1940–
 Explaining social behavior : more nuts and bolts
for the social sciences
/ Jon Elster
 p. cm.
Expanded and rev. ed. of: Nuts and bolts for the social sciences, 1989.
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-77179-5 (hardback)
 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-77744-5 (pbk.)
1. Social sciences – Methodology. 2. Social interaction. I. Elster, Jon, 1940 – Nuts and bolts for the social sciences. II. Title.
 H61. E434 2007
 302 – dc22   2006022194

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