РАЦИОНАЛНИ ИЗБОР – ПРИМЕНА У ПОЛИТИЧКОЈ НАУЦИ
RATIONAL CHOICE – APPLICATION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Author(s): Dušan PavlovićSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: rational choice; equilibrium; the paradox of voting; theory of coalitions.
Summary/Abstract: The text discusses the importance of rational choice theory for political science. It considers if rational choice political science can establish predictive laws in politics. First, the paradox of rationality is discussed. Then, the author looks into its implications for parliamentary decision-making through McKelvey’s chaos theorem, and identify possible theoretical answers to it. The text concludes with a review of the theory on coalition formation.
Journal: Српска политичка мисао
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2/Special
- Page Range: 9-33
- Page Count: 25