Public choice and political science: a view from Europe

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Public Choice, 2018, vol. 175, issue 3, No 3, 245-257

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Public choice; Political science; Comparative politics; History of thought; Paradigms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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