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News Archive 2010-11
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Changing
Erikson Forecasts House Election
Humphreys Receives Luebbert Prize
Making the Latino Vote Count
Network Scrutinizes Elites
Doyle Elected to AAPSS
Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Lax and Phillips

News Archive 2009-10
Lax on Supreme Court Nominees
Gay Rights Study: Policymakers Follow Opinion
Jervis Discusses Afghanistan Options
Gelman et al. Analyze Public Opinion and Senate Positions on Health Care
Harris Explains Obama-CBC Clash
Fortna Receives Deutsch Award
Wawro on Senate Filibuster
Philip Converse Award to Erikson
Warren on Wal-Mart Urban Push
Faculty Q & A: Rodolfo de la Garza

News Archive 2008-09
Nathan on Olympics and Beijing
A Celebration in Honor of Charles Tilly
Lewis J. Edinger Memorial Service
Morelli on Managerial Culture
O'Halloran on VP Debate
O'Halloran on International Banking Efforts
GMA Asks Harris about Race and Voting
Gelman: Myths and Facts about Red, Blue, Rich and Poor
de la Garza on Tijuana violence
Urbinati Receives Lenfest Award
Brian Barry 1936-2009
O'Halloran on Joblessness
Gelman on Close Elections
Gelman and Sides: Abortion Consensus Unlikely
Nathan on Beijing Authoritarianism

News Arhcive 2007-08
Harris Survey on African-American Votes
de la Garza on Clinton and Latinos
Harris on Role of Race in Primaries
Urbinati Receives Italian Order of Merit
Phillips on Spitzer Resignation
Anderson Named Provost of American University in Cairo
Harris on Wright's NAACP Address
University Mourns Charles Tilly
Professor Emeritus Lewis J. Edinger, 86
Harris and Marable on Obama campaign
Doyle Chairs UN Democracy Fund
On the Passing of J.C. Hurewitz

News Archive 2006-07
NAS Honors Jervis
Red State Blue State
Ten Join Faculty
Erikson Midterm Election Predictions
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Jon Elster

Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Sciences
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Jon Elster
Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Sciences
Columbia University
Political Science

Biography

Jon Elster (Ph.D., University of Paris, 1972) taught at Paris, Oslo and Chicago before coming to Columbia.  Professor Elster's publications include Ulysses and the Sirens (1979), Sour Grapes (1983), Making Sense of Marx (1985), The Cement of Society (1989), Solomonic Judgements (1989), Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (1989), Local Justice (1992), Political Psychology (1993), Alchemies of the Mind (1999), Ulysses Unbound (2000) and Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective (2004). His research interests include the theory of rational choice, the theory of distributive justice and the history of social thought (Marx and Tocqueville). He is currently working on a comparative study of constitution-making processes from the Federal Convention to the present, besides being engaged in a project on the microfoundations of civil war.

Research Interests: Constitution-Making, Theory of Rational Choice, History of Political Thought (Tocqueville and Marx), Empirical Studies of Justice, Emotions and Social Theory.

Professor Elster is on leave for the Spring 2012 semester.

 

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