Economic approaches to politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Friedman (0000-0002-3013-3950, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819508443368 |
| OpenAlex | W2094665268 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
The debate over Green and Shapiro's Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory sustains their contention that rational choice theory has not produced novel, empirically sustainable findings about politics—if one accepts their definition of empirically sustainable findings. Green and Shapiro show that rational choice research often resembles the empirically vacuous practices in which economists engage under the aegis of instrumentalism. Yet Green and Shapiro's insistence that theoretical constructs should produce accurate predictions may inadvertently lead to instrumentalism. Some of Green and Shapiro's critics hint at a better approach, which would eschew predictive testing in favor of testing the applicability of the theory to particular cases
Econometrics · Economics · Epistemology · Instrumentalism · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Rational choice theory (criminology · Rational expectations · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy
Survey Article
Bounded rationality and public policy
The Social Theory of Mass Politics
Comparing Three Lenses of Policy Choice
Where did economics go wrong? Modern economics as a flight from reality
The limits of instrumental rationality in social explanation
Popper, Weber, and Hayek
What's wrong with Libertarianism
The Irrelevance of Economic Theory to Understanding Economic Ignorance
Looking But Not Seeing
Further Twenty Years of Pathologies? Is Rational Choice better than it used to be
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2015 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |