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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Main Authors: Roberts, James C
Published: Lexington Books,
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.