Jon Elster

Jon Elster

male, 69 years old
Columbia University, sorbonne, Magli Elster, leibniz, Torolf Elster, professeur attaché…Public choice theory, rationalchoicetheory
Jon Elster (born 1940) is a Norwegian social and political theorist who has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice...
Margaret Levi

Margaret Levi

female
labor politics, International relations, Editorial Board, Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Australian National University…rational choice, rationalchoicetheory
Margaret Levi (born 1946) is an American political scientist and author, noted for her work in comparative political economy, labor politics, and...

Rodney Stark

male
University of Washington, Baylor University, Sociologist, rationalchoicetheory, American, cult researcher
Rodney Stark is an American sociologist of religion. After teaching at the University of Washington for 32 years, Stark moved to Baylor University...
Aaron Wildavsky

Aaron Wildavsky

male, deceased (1993)
Yale University, Brooklyn College, PhD, professor, Politics of the Budgetary Process, Academic department…rationalchoicetheory, budget theory, Cultural Theory of risk, Dual Presidency Theory
Aaron Wildavsky (31 May1930 - 4 September1993) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government...
John Goldthorpe

John Goldthorpe

male, 74 years old
Oxford University, social mobility, cultural consumption, John Harry Goldthorpe, embourgeoisement thesis, Goldthorpe class schema…rationalchoicetheory
John Harry Goldthorpe (born 27 May 1935) is a British sociologist. He is emeritus of Nuffield College, Oxford. He works in the areas of social...
David Schmidtz

David Schmidtz

male (United States)
University of Arizona, Yale, Allen Buchanan, Elizabeth Willott, Elements of Justice, A Brief History of Liberty…Rational Choice and Moral Agency, rationalchoicetheory, 'The Purpose of Moral Theory, choice
David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona. He earned his PhD at Arizona...
Richard Fenno

Richard Fenno

male
Harvard University, American, U.S. NAVY, U.S. Congress, Ph.D., United States Congress…rationalchoicetheory
Richard F. Fenno, Jr. (born 12 December 1926) is an American political scientist known for his pioneering work on the U.S. Congress and its...
G. L. S. Shackle

G. L. S. Shackle

male, deceased (1992)
Old Persean, historian of economic thought, English, Old Perseans, post-Keynesian, rationalchoicetheory…Dempster-Shafer theory
George Lennox Sharman Shackle (14 July, 1903 - 3 March, 1992) was an English economist. He made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational...
Michel Wieviorka

Michel Wieviorka

male, 63 years old
Sociologist, François Dubet, Le Monde des Debats, intervention sociologique, Cahiers internationaux de sociologie, Centre d'Analyses et d'Interventions Sociologique…rationalchoicetheory, rational choice
Michel Wieviorka (born 23 August, 1946, Paris) is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the...
Eric Beinhocker

Eric Beinhocker

male
Dartmouth College, biology, Cognitive science, MIT Sloan School of Management, Corporate Executive Board, Santa Fe Institute…rational, rationalchoicetheory
Eric Beinhocker is a senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey & Company's economics research arm, where he leads research on...