Bounded Rationality and Politics: Volume 6 (Wildavsky Forum Series) - Softcover

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Bendor, Jonathan

 
9780520259478: Bounded Rationality and Politics: Volume 6 (Wildavsky Forum Series)
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ISBN 10: 0520259475 ISBN 13: 9780520259478
Publisher: University of California Press, 2010

Synopsis

In Bounded Rationality and Politics, Jonathan Bendor considers two schools of behavioral economics-the first guided by Tversky and Kahneman's work on heuristics and biases, which focuses on the mistakes people make in judgment and choice; the second as described by Gerd Gigerenzer's program on fast and frugal heuristics, which emphasizes the effectiveness of simple rules of thumb. Finding each of these radically incomplete, Bendor's illuminating analysis proposes Herbert Simon's pathbreaking work on bounded rationality as a way to reconcile the inconsistencies between the two camps. Bendor shows that Simon's theory turns on the interplay between the cognitive constraints of decision makers and the complexity of their tasks.

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About the Author

Jonathan Bendor is Walter and Elise Haas Professor of Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

From the Back Cover

"Bendor's Bounded Rationality and Politics provides an adept and illuminating critique of existing theories while also introducing new models and concepts that are sure to remain part of the conversation for generations to come. This book will reinvigorate the field of political science."--Daniel P. Carpenter, Harvard University

"Bendor's scholarship is top drawer. Excellent. These essays are not only intellectually deep, but also engaging and powerful."--Scott Page, University of Michigan

From the Inside Flap

"Bendor's Bounded Rationality and Politics provides an adept and illuminating critique of existing theories while also introducing new models and concepts that are sure to remain part of the conversation for generations to come. This book will reinvigorate the field of political science." Daniel P. Carpenter, Harvard University

"Bendor's scholarship is top drawer. Excellent. These essays are not only intellectually deep, but also engaging and powerful." Scott Page, University of Michigan

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520259475
ISBN 13 
9780520259478
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
248

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