Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaGame theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests
Seeking to conduct an inventory of the arguments used by game theory proponents, the article assesses both this theory and a set of theoretical principles that extend the scope from rational choice to interdependent decision-making and a type of formal methodology. The article identifies some key qu...
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
2000
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| author | Gerardo Munck L. |
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| description | Seeking to conduct an inventory of the arguments used by game theory proponents, the article assesses both this theory and a set of theoretical principles that extend the scope from rational choice to interdependent decision-making and a type of formal methodology. The article identifies some key qualities, like the theory´s emphasis on actors and strategic choices and its ability to generate logically rigorous and internally consistent predictions. But it also discusses many of the theory´s shortcomings. Therefore, the challenge faced by scholars of comparative politics is to consider the new perspectives offered by game theory and to make use of its qualities, without losing sight of a series of relevant longstanding issues from the social sciences that this approach is not prepared to solve. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO493112022-03-17T17:57:54Z Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests Gerardo Munck L. Sociología political theory game theory comparative politics Seeking to conduct an inventory of the arguments used by game theory proponents, the article assesses both this theory and a set of theoretical principles that extend the scope from rational choice to interdependent decision-making and a type of formal methodology. The article identifies some key qualities, like the theory´s emphasis on actors and strategic choices and its ability to generate logically rigorous and internally consistent predictions. But it also discusses many of the theory´s shortcomings. Therefore, the challenge faced by scholars of comparative politics is to consider the new perspectives offered by game theory and to make use of its qualities, without losing sight of a series of relevant longstanding issues from the social sciences that this approach is not prepared to solve. 2000 2022-03-17T17:57:54Z 2022-03-17T17:57:54Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21843305 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49311 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=218 Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.43 |
| spellingShingle | Sociología political theory game theory comparative politics Gerardo Munck L. Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title | Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title_full | Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title_fullStr | Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title_short | Game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| title_sort | game theory and comparative politics: new perspectives, old interests |
| topic | Sociología political theory game theory comparative politics |
| url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21843305 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49311 |