Jon Elster

Jon Elster in 2010 Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.

He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984. Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University, as well as being professor of social science at the Collège de France since 2005.

Elster has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory. He is also a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds. In 2016, he was awarded the 22nd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for his contributions to political science. Provided by Wikipedia
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    El cambio tecnológico: investigaciones sobre la racionalidad y la transformación social / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1992
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    Rendición de cuentas : la justicia transicional en perspectiva histórica / by Elster, Jon (1940-)

    Published 2006
    Book
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    Ulises y las sirenas : estudios sobre racionalidad e irracionalidad / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1995
    Book
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    Tuercas y tornillos: una introducción a los conceptos básicos de las ciencias sociales / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1993
    Unknown
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    Juicios salomónicos: las limitaciones de la racionalidad como principio de decisión / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1991
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    Lógica y sociedad : contradicciones y mundos posibles / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1994
    Book
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    El cemento de la sociedad: las paradojas del orden social / by Elster, Jon 1940-

    Published 1992
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    Lógica y sociedad : contradicciones y mundos posibles / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 2006
    Book
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    Tuercas y tornillos : una introducción a los conceptos básicos de las ciencias sociales / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 2003
    Book
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    El cambio tecnológico : investigaciones sobre la racionalidad y la transformación social / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 2006
    Book
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    Domar la suerte : la aleatoriedad en decisiones individuales y sociales / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1991
    Book
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    Tuercas y tornillos : una introducción a los conceptos básicos de las ciencias sociales / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1996
    Book
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    Lógica y sociedad : contradicciones y mundos posibles / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1994
    Book
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    El cambio tecnológico : investigaciones sobre la racionalidad y la transformación social / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1997
    Book
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    Psicología política / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1995
    Book
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    El cemento de la sociedad : las paradojas del orden social / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1997
    Book
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    Justicia local : de qué modo las instituciones distribuyen bienes escasos y cargas necesarias / by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Published 1994
    Book