Public choice and political science: a view from Europe

TY - JOUR

T1 - Public choice and political science

T2 - a view from Europe

AU - Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter

PY - 2018/6/1

Y1 - 2018/6/1

N2 - What is the status of rational choice theory in contemporary European political science? Compared with a quarter-century ago, the rational choice approach is still far from being the paradigm of work in the discipline, but looking at both anecdotal evidence and information derived from journal citations and textbook contents, it seems that the number of political scientists working wholly or partly within the approach has grown markedly, and that its contribution to the mainstream of the field is strong.

AB - What is the status of rational choice theory in contemporary European political science? Compared with a quarter-century ago, the rational choice approach is still far from being the paradigm of work in the discipline, but looking at both anecdotal evidence and information derived from journal citations and textbook contents, it seems that the number of political scientists working wholly or partly within the approach has grown markedly, and that its contribution to the mainstream of the field is strong.

U2 - 10.1007/s11127-018-0554-0

DO - 10.1007/s11127-018-0554-0

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0048-5829

VL - 175

SP - 245

EP - 257

JO - Public Choice

JF - Public Choice

IS - 3-4

ER -