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Informationen zum Autor Jon Elster is the Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. He has previously held positions at the University of Paris VIII, the University of Oslo, the University of Chicago and the Collège de France. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, Academia Europaea and the Norwegian Academy of Science, and a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. Elster is the author of twenty-three monographs, which have been translated into eighteen languages. Most recently, these include L'Irrationalité, Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist, Le Désintéressement, Explaining Social Behavior, Agir contre soi, Closing the Books and Alchemies of the Mind. Klappentext This book proposes a normative theory of collective decision making, inspired by Jeremy Bentham but not including his utilitarian philosophy. Zusammenfassung Elster proposes a normative theory of collective decision making. The central proposal is that in designing democratic institutions one should reduce the impact of self-interest! passion! prejudice and bias on the decision makers! and let the chips fall where they may. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The normative study of collective decision making; 2. Ignorance, secrecy, and publicity in jury decision making; 3. A dialogue with Bentham; 4. The optimal design of constituent assemblies; 5. Cross-voting: a study in failure; 6. Conclusion.
