Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 206 g
Reihe: Comparative Politics
Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 206 g
Reihe: Comparative Politics
ISBN: 978-0-19-827725-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Is it self-interest or public interest that dominates Western politics? This question has been debated in many fields, and through the 1980s a consensus developed, supported by extensive research, that in their political decisions and actions people are largely motivated by self-interest, not by common good.
In this book, combining in a novel way insights from different fields, including rational choice theory, political philosophy, and electoral research, Leif Lewin examines more than two hundred studies of democracy in action from seventeen countries. He looks at the behaviour and attitudes of voters, bureaucrats, and politicians in turn, and challenges the accepted wisdom. In his wide-ranging review of the literature he shows that people are in fact actuated by broader considerations than their own short-sighted interests: that they act politically `in the shadow of the future'; that they find there are overwhelming reasons to try to contribute to the long-term common good.
Professor Lewin shows, in short, that the plausible and prevalent theory that egoism rules simply don't match the facts.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
Self-interest and public interest; Does the voter vote according to his pocket-book?; Are politicians vote-maximizers?; Are bureaucrats budget-maximizers?; Individual and collective rationality
