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Rational Choice And Political Power

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  • Keith M. Dowding

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This illuminating title applies rational choice theory to the power debate, demonstrating the fallacious arguments of all sides. Power is analysed as a bargaining game where the power of actors is assessed in terms of the resources to which they have access. By distinguishing luck from power it shows that many groups widely regarded as powerful are merely lucky, albeit as a result of systematic features of society.

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  • Keith M. Dowding, 1991. "Rational Choice And Political Power," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 149.
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    1. Matthew Braham & Manfred J. Holler, 2005. "The Impossibility of a Preference-Based Power Index," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 17(1), pages 137-157, January.
    2. Clemente J. Navarro Yáñez & Annick Magnier & M. Antonia Ramírez, 2008. "Local Governance as Government–Business Cooperation in Western Democracies: Analysing Local and Intergovernmental Effects by Multi‐Level Comparison," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 531-547, September.
    3. Keith Dowding, 1994. "The Compatibility of Behaviouralism, Rational Choice and `New Institutionalism'," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 6(1), pages 105-117, January.
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    6. Anton Oleinik, 2011. "Market as a Weapon: Domination by Virtue of a Constellation of Interests," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(2), pages 157-177, January.
    7. Keith Dowding, 2000. "Institutionalist Research on the European Union," European Union Politics, , vol. 1(1), pages 125-144, February.
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    10. Thomas König & Thomas Bräuninger, 1998. "The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 10(1), pages 125-142, January.
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    12. Andreas Warntjen, 2008. "The Council Presidency," European Union Politics, , vol. 9(3), pages 315-338, September.
    13. Hugh Ward, 2004. "Pressure Politics," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 16(1), pages 31-52, January.
    14. René van den Brink & Frank Steffen, 2012. "On the Measurement of Success and Satisfaction," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-030/1, Tinbergen Institute.
    15. Y Rydin, 1998. "‘Managing Urban Air Quality’: Language and Rational Choice in Metropolitan Governance," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 30(8), pages 1429-1443, August.
    16. Pongou, Roland & Tchantcho, Bertrand, 2021. "Round-robin political tournaments: Abstention, truthful equilibria, and effective power," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 331-351.
    17. Anton Oleinik, 2011. "Market as a Weapon: Domination by Virtue of a Constellation of Interests," Forum for Social Economics, Springer;The Association for Social Economics, vol. 40(2), pages 157-177, July.
    18. Yvonne Rydin, 1998. "The Enabling Local State and Urban Development: Resources, Rhetoric and Planning in East London," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 35(2), pages 175-191, February.
    19. Mark Pennington, 2000. "Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Urban Containment: Voter-Centred versus Special-Interest Explanations," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 18(2), pages 145-162, April.

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