The night of August 4, 1789. A study of social interaction in collective decision-making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11610619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Elster (0000-0002-9543-1780, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | XLV-136 |
| Issue | XLV-136 |
| Pages | 71-94 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue européenne des sciences sociales (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-8046 • E-ISSN: 1663-4446 |
| Publisher | Librairie Droz (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ress.88 |
| OpenAlex | W2072964823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 14 |
I. Introduction On the night of August 4 1789, the French Assemblée Constituante voted unanimously to abolish feudalism. In this paper I discuss some intensely interactive aspects of this process of collective decision-making and of the events that led up to it. I shall proceed as follows. In Section II I discuss the idea of social interaction. Section III offers a brief and selective overview of the period between the elections to the Estates-General in the spring of 1789 and the adoption of
Attribution · Operations research · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Free Will and Agency · Historical and Scientific Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology
Majority Rule vs. Consensus
The Optimal Design of a Constituent Assembly
Constitution-Making and Violence
Enthusiasm and anger in history
Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science
Shouts, Murmurs and Votes
Emotions in Constitution‐making
La dynamique des relations de confiance et d’autorité au sein de la démocratie dite « participative » et « délibérative
La délibération démocratique à l'Assemblée athénienne
The two great fears of 1789
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |