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title	:	Putting Choice Before Democracy : A Critique of Rational Choice Theory SUNY Series in Political Theory. Contemporary Issues
author	:	Hauptmann, Emily.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0791430278
print isbn13	:	9780791430279
ebook isbn13	:	9780585042961
language	:	English
subject	Democracy, Rational choice theory.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	JC423.H377 1996eb
ddc	:	321.8/01
subject	:	Democracy, Rational choice theory.

Page i Putting Choice Before Democracy

Page ii SUNY Series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues Philip Green, Editor

Page iii Putting Choice Before Democracy A Critique of Rational Choice Theory Emily Hauptmann State University of New York Press

Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1996 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever with- out written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Excert from "A Worker Reads History" in SELECTED POEMS by Bertolt Brecht, copyright 1947 by Bertolt Brecht and H. R. Hays and renewed 1975 by Stefan S. Brecht and H. R. Hays, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace and Company. Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Nancy Farrell Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hauptmann, Emily Putting choice before democracy : a critique of rational choice theory / Emily Hauptmann. p. cm. (SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0791430286 (PB : acid-free). ISBN 0791430278 (CH : acid-free) 1. Democracy. 2. Rational choice theory. I. Title. II. Series. JC423.H377 1996 321.8'01dc209537347 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page v For my mother

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Political Frustrations of the Rational Chooser: The Structure of Elections, the Two-Party System and the Politics of Interest Groups 7 Chapter 2 The False Paradox of Choice in Rational Choice Theory 37 Chapter 3 Democracy without the Rational Chooser: The Lottery System in Ancient Athens 59 Chapter 4 Against an Economic Explanation of Politics 73 Conclusion 91 Notes 95 Bibliography 125 Index 135

Page ix Acknowledgments There are a number of people whose encouragement, advice, and criticism helped me think about, improve, and finally complete this book. First, I should like to thank my dissertation committee, Hanna Pitkin, Norman Jacobson, and John Harsanyi, for their many years of support. I especially thank Hanna Pitkin for her close readings of all of my many drafts and for encouraging me to rethink and refine many sections I would have liked to consider finished. I also thank John Harsanyi for prodding me to give fuller and fairer accounts of rational choice theory. And Ernst Haas, who was the first to urge me to acquaint myself with the rational choice literature, encouraged me to believe I could put together a critique others might read and take seriously. Many people also read and commented upon parts of this project at various stages. I owe a great deal to Deborah Achtenberg, Ron Brecke, Elizabeth Collins, Bill Eubank, Richard Flathman, Jill Frank, Philip Green, Andy Gould, Joann Goven, Jack Gunnell, Phillip Harding, Jim Johnson, Michael Rogin, Ian Shapiro, Laura Stoker, and Brian Weiner in this regard. The Josephine de Karman Foundation and the sponsors of the Jefferson Lectures Fellowship supported my work in its early stages; Clay Morgan at SUNY Press helped me make a book of it.

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