Constructing global public goods /
This book brings a constructivist approach to analyzing public goods by recognizing that preferences are socially constructed from the actors' identities. This synthesis of constructivism and rational choice provides a deeper understanding of the decision to provide goods such as protecting hum...
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Lexington Books,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
Publication Dates: | [2019] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This book brings a constructivist approach to analyzing public goods by recognizing that preferences are socially constructed from the actors' identities. This synthesis of constructivism and rational choice provides a deeper understanding of the decision to provide goods such as protecting human rights and collective security. |
Carrier Form: | ix, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-142) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781498553568 1498553567 |
Index Number: | JC330 |
CLC: | D082 |
Call Number: | D082/R645 |
Contents: | A constructivist approach to global public goods -- Accounting for tastes : the social construction of utility and preferences -- Utility, preferences, and the individual public goods decision -- Leadership and the global monetary system -- Collective security as a global public good -- The individual decision to provide collective security : Romania and the Kosovo campaign -- Human rights : consensus, norms, and public bads -- Identities, utilities, and public goods decisions. |