Book Review: Jon Elster Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences Cambridge,UK: Cambridge University Press,2007. 484 pp. $90.00 (cloth)
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Book Review: Jon Elster Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences Cambridge,UK: Cambridge University Press,2007. 484 pp. $90.00 (cloth)
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