Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction // James E. Alt, Margaret Levi, and Elinor Ostrom
Chapter 1. Kenneth J. Arrow: A Biographical Sketch
Kenneth J. Arrow, Welfare Aggregation, and Progress in Political Theory // Norman Frohlich and Joe A. Oppenheimer
Chaos or Equilibrium in Preference and Belief Aggregation // Norman Schofield
Comments on the Commentaries // Kenneth J. Arrow
Chapter 2. Herbert A. Simon: A Biographical Sketch
Rationality Redux: Reflections on Herbert A. Simon's Vision of Politics // Robert E. Goodin
Bounded Rationality, Political Insitutions, and the Analysis of Outcomes // Bryan D. Jones
The Potlatch Between Economics and Political Science // Herbert A. Simon
Chapter 3. James M. Buchanan: A Biographical Sketch
Taking Consitutions Seriously: Buchanan's Challenge to Twentieth-Century Political Science // Vincent Ostrom
James M. Buchanan's Contributions to Public Economics, Political Philosophy, and Political Science // Thomas Schwartz
Response to Ostrom and Schwartz // James M. Buchanan
Chapter 4. Gary S. Becker: A Biographical Sketch
Gary S. Becker: An Appreciation, Some Modest Proposals, and a Disciplinary Self-Critique // Ronald Rogowski
Social Capital // Russell Hardin
Comments // Gary S. Becker
Chapter 5. Douglass C. North: A Biographical Sketch
Douglass C. North and Institutional Change in Contemporary Developing Countries // Barbara Geddes
Ideology and Professionalism in International Institutions: Insights from the Work of Douglass C. North // Robert O. Keohane
Response to Geddes and Keohane // Douglass C. North
Chapter 6. Reinhard Selten: A Biographical Sketch
Game Theory, Structure, and Sequence: The Contributions of Reinhard Selten to Political Analysis // Kenneth A. Shepsle
Identity Choice Under Conditions of Uncertainty: Reflections on Selten's Dualist Methodology // David D. Laitin
Response to Shepsle and Laitin // Reinhard Selten
Chapter 7. Discussion of Political Science and Economics: Three Research Programs in Constitutional Political Economy // James M. Buchanan
In Anticipation of the Marriage of Political and Economic Theory // Douglass C. North
Commments on Remarks of James M. Buchanan and Douglass C. North // Herbert A. Simon
Reflections on Political Science // Kenneth J. Arrow
Remarks on the Methodology of Science: Discovery and Verification // Herbert A. Simon
Chapter 8. Conclusion // Margaret Levi, Elinor Ostrom, and James E. Alt
Index