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Critical Review
A Journal of Politics and Society
Volume 9, 1995 - Issue 1-2: RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY AND POLITICS
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Symposium on Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory

Engineering or science: What is the study of politics?

Peter C. Ordeshook Professor of Political Science, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125 Phone: (818) 395–4478 Fax: (818) 395–4478
Pages 175-188 | Published online: 06 Mar 2008

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