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Pontificating About Moe's Pontifications
Author(s) -
WOOD B. DAN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2009.03708.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , positive economics , political science , rational choice theory (criminology) , law and economics , epistemology , sociology , economics , law , philosophy , politics
This commentary on Terry Moe's review essay discusses the advantages and limitations of rational choice as an explanatory theory of presidential behavior. It also cautions against the view that rational choice is, or should be, the dominant paradigm for presidential studies.