Clearly written and easily understood by the nonspecialist, Nested Games provides a systematic, empirically accurate, and theoretically coherent account of apparently irrational political actions.
Nested Games Rational Choice in Comparative Politics
About the Book
Reviews
“The notion of nested games greatly expands the domain of formal analysis while also rendering game theory more capable of reflecting political reality.”—David Cameron, Yale UniversityTable of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Nested Games and Rationality
2. In Defense of the Rational-Choice Approach
Appendix to Chapter 2
3. Two-Person Games with Variable Payoffs
Appendix to Chapter 3: A
Appendix to Chapter 3: B
4· Games with Variable Rules, or the Politics of Institutional
Change
5. Why Do British Labour Party Activists Commit Political
Suicide?
Appendix to Chapter 5
6. A Rational-Choice Approach to Consociationalism
7. The Cohesion of French Electoral Coalitions
Appendix to Chapter 7
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index