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Theoretische Grundlagen demokratischer Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik - Der Beitrag Jon Elsters

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Jon Elster gehört zu den profiliertesten Sozialwissenschaftlern der internationalen ‚scientific community'. Der vorliegende Beitrag entwickelt eine Lesart für sein bisher vorliegendes Gesamtwerk: In einem ersten Schritt wird Elsters Kritik an funktionalistischen Fehlschlüssen in den Sozialwissenschaften marxistischen und nicht-marxistischer Provenienz rekonstruiert. In einem zweiten Schritt wird nachgezeichnet, mit welchen Argumenten Elster die Verwendung des Rational-Choice-Ansatzes in der Ökonomik – insbesondere im ökonomischen Forschungsprogramms Gary S. Beckers – kritisiert. In einem dritten Schritt schließlich wird Elsters eigener Ansatz vorgestellt, gesellschaftliche Ereignisse mit Hilfe sozialer Mechanismen zu verstehen. Zugrunde liegt die Interpretation, dass Elster mit seinem Rationalitätskonzept das klassische Vernunftideal autonomer Selbstbestimmung auszubuchstabieren versucht. Sein Rational-Choice-Ansatz ist nicht primär explanativ, sondern vielmehr hermeneutisch ausgerichtet. In erklärender Hinsicht hat er nicht viel mehr zu bieten als eine possibilistisch psychologisierende Rational- Choice-Kasuistik.

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  • Pies, Ingo, 2007. "Theoretische Grundlagen demokratischer Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik - Der Beitrag Jon Elsters," Discussion Papers 2007-17, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
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    3. Elster, Jon, 1991. "Local justice : How institutions allocate scarce goods and necessary burdens," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(2-3), pages 273-291, April.
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    1. Pies, Ingo & Beckmann, Markus & Hielscher, Stefan, 2007. "Mind the Gap! - Ordonomische Überlegungen zur Sozialstruktur und Semantik moderner Governance," Discussion Papers 2007-16, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.

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    Keywords

    Rational Choice; strukturalistischer Fehlschluss; funktionalistischer Fehlschluss; ökonomischer Imperialismus; sozialwissenschaftliche Erklärung; Hermeneutik; soziale Mechanismen; rational choice; structuralistic fallacy; functionalistic fallacy; economic imperialism; scientific explanations; hermeneutics; social mechanisms;
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    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
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    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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