Jon Elster - List of publications#

• Leibniz et la Formation de l'Esprit Capitaliste, Paris: Aubier-Montaigne 1975, pp.253.
• Logic and Society, Chichester: Wiley 1978, pp.235.
• Ulysses and the Sirens, Cambridge University Press 1979, pp.ix + 193.
• Explaining Technical Change, Cambridge University Press 1983, pp.273.
• Sour Grapes , Cambridge University Press 1983, pp.viii+177.
• Making Sense of Marx , Cambridge University Press 1985, pp.xv + 556.
• An Introduction to Karl Marx, Cambridge University Press 1986, pp.vii+200.
• The Cement of Society, Cambridge University Press 1989.
• Solomonic Judgments, Cambridge University Press 1989.
• Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press 1989.
• Psychologie Politique, Editions de Minuit 1990.
• Local Justice,, New York: Russell Sage Foundation (in co-publication with Cambridge University Press) 1992.
• Arguing and Bargaining , Edizioni Anabasi 1993
• Rationality and the Emotions., Edizioni Anabasi 1994
• Alchemies of the Mind : Rationality and the Emotions, Cambridge University Press 1999.
• Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction and Human Behavior, MIT Press 1999.
• Ulysses Unbound, Cambridge University Press 2000.

• J. Elster and A.Hylland, eds., Foundations of Social Choice Theory, Cambridge University Press 1986.
• J. Elster, ed., The Multiple Self, Cambridge University Press 1986.
• J. Elster, ed., Rational Choice, Oxford : Blackwell. 1986.
• J. Elster, ed., Karl Marx: A Reader, Cambridge University Press 1986.
• J. Elster and R.Slagstad, eds., Constitutionalism and Democracy, Cambridge University Press 1988.
• J. Elster and K.O.Moene, eds., Alternatives to Capitalism, Cambridge University Press 1989.
• J.Elster and J.Roemer (eds.), Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being, Cambridge University Press 1991.
• G.Loewenstein and J.Elster (eds.), Choice over Time, New York: Russell Sage Foundation 1992.
• J.Elster and N.Herpin (eds.), Ethique des choix médicaux , Poitiers: Actes Sud 1992.
• J. Elster (ed.), Local Justice in America, New York: Russell Sage 1995.
• J. Elster (ed.), The Round Table Talks in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago Press 1996.
• J. Elster (ed.), Deliberative Democracy, Cambridge University Press 1998 (Spanish translation forthcoming).
• J. Elster and O.-J. Skog (eds.), Getting Hooked: Rationality and Addiction, Cambridge University Press 1999.
• J. Elster (ed.), Addiction: Entries and Exits, New York: Russell Sage 1999.
• J. Elster (ed.), Retribution and Restitution in the Transition to Democracy, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.

• "A note on hysteresis in the social sciences", Synthese 33(1976), 371-91.
• "Boudon, education and the theory of games", Social Science Information 15(1976), 733-40.
• "Some conceptual problems in political theory", in B.Barry, ed., Power and Political Theory, pp.245-70. Chichester: Wiley.
• "Ulysses and the sirens", Social Science Information 16(1977), 469-5266.
• "Critique des analogies socio-biologiques", Revue Française de Sociologie 18 (1977), 369-96.
• "Exploring exploitation", Journal of Peace Research 15(1978), 3-17.
• "The labor theory of value", Marxist Perspectives 1(1978) , 70-101.
• "Risk, uncertainty and nuclear power", Social Science Information 18(1978), 371- 400.
• "Anomalies of rationality", in L.Lévy-Garboua, ed., Sociological Economics, pp.65- 85. London: Sage 1979.
• "Un historien devant l'irrationel: Lecture de Paul Veyne", Social Science Information 19(1980), 773-804.
• "Irrational politics", London Review of Books, 21 August-3 September 1980.
• "Reply to comments", in symposium on A2, Inquiry 23(1980), 213-32.
• "The treatment of counterfactuals: Reply to Barry", Political Studies 28(1980), 143-47.
• "Négation active et négation passive", Archives Européennes de Sociologie 21(1980), 329-49.
• "Introduction to the articles by S.-C.Kolm and R.v.d.Veen", Social Science Information 20(1981), 287-92.
• "Sour grapes: Utilitarianism and the genesis of wants", in A.Sen and B.Williams, eds., Utilitarianism and Beyond, pp.219-38. Cambridge University Press 1982.
• "Belief, bias and ideology", in M.Hollis and S.Lukes, eds., Rationality and Relativism, pp.123-48. Oxford: Blackwell.
• "Roemer vs. Roemer", Politics and Society 11(1982) 363-74.
• "Marxism, functionalism and game theory", Theory and Society 11(1982), 452-82.
• "Reply to comments", in symposium on C19, Theory and Society 12(1983), 111-20.
• "Rationality", in G.Fløistad, ed., Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey, vol.2, pp.111-31. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
• "Exploitation, freedom and justice", Nomos 26(1983), 277-304.
• "Deception and self-deception in Stendhal", in P.Horden, ed., The Novelist as Philosopher, Oxford: All Souls College 1983.
• "One hundred years of Marxist social science", London Review of Books 16 June-6 July 1983.
• "Marx et Leibniz", Revue Philosophique 108(1983), 167-77.
• "The contradictions of modern societies", Government and Opposition 19 (1984), 304-11.
• "Historical materialism and economic backwardness", in T.Ball and J.Farr, eds., After Marx, pp.36-58. Cambridge University Press 1984.
• "Three challenges to class", in J.Roemer, ed., Analytical Marxism, pp.141-61.
• "Further thoughts on Marxism, functionalism and game theory", in B.Chavance, ed., Marx en Perspective, pp.627-48. Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales 1985.
• "Sadder but wiser: Rationality and the emotions", Social Science Information 24(1985), 375-406.
• "Weakness of will and the free-rider problem", Economics and Philosophy 1(1985), 331-65.
• "Rationality, morality and collective action", Ethics 96(1985), 136-55.
• "The nature and scope of rational-choice explanation" in E.Lepore and B.Maclaughlin, eds., Actions and Events: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson, pp.60-72. Oxford: Blackwell 1985.
• "Marxisme et individualisme méthodologique", in P.Birnbaum, ed., Sur l'Individualisme, pp.60-76. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
• "Introduction" to B2, pp.1-34.
• "The market and the forum", in B1, pp.103-32.
• "Introduction"(with A.Hylland) to B1, pp.1-10.
• "Introduction" to B3, pp.1-33.
• "The theory of combined and uneven development", in J.Roemer, ed., Analytical Marxism, pp.54-63.
• "Reply to comments" in symposium on A6, Inquiry 29(1986), 65-77.
• "Comments on Krouse and McPherson", Ethics 97(1986), 146-53.
• "Comments on van der Veen and van Parijs", Theory and Society 15 (1986), 709-22.
• "Self-realization in work and politics", Social Philosophy and Policy 3(1986), 97- 126.
• "Solomonic judgments", University of Chicago Law Review 54(1987), 1-45.
• "The possibility of rational politics", Archives Européennes de Sociologie 28(1987),67-103.
• "Is there (or should there be) a right to work?", in A.Guttman, ed., Democracy and the Welfare State, Princeton University Press 1988, pp.53-78.
• "Introduction" to B5, pp.1-18.
• "Consequences of constitutional choice: Reflections on Tocqueville", in B5, pp.81-102.
• "Arguments for constitutional choice: Reflections on the transition to socialism", in B5, pp.303-26.
• "Marx, revolution and rational choice", in M.Taylor, ed., Rationality and Revolution, Cambridge University Press 1988, pp.206-28.
• "Economic order and social norms." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 144(1988), 357-66.
• "Jon Elster goes to China", London Review of Books 27.10.1988.
• "Taming chance", in S.McMurrin, ed., The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, vol.IX, Utah University Press 1988, 105-80.
• "From here to there." Social Philosophy and Policy 6 (1989), 93-111.
• "Marxism and individualism", in M.Dascal and O.Gruengaard, eds., Knowledge and Politics, Boulder: Westview Press 1989,189-206
• "Social norms and collective bargaining", Acta Sociologica 32 (1989), 113-36.
• "Social norms and economic theory", Journal of Economic Perspectives 3 (1989), 99-118.
• "Introduction"(with K.O.Moene) to B6, 1-38.
• "When rationality fails", in K.Cook and M. Levi (eds.), Limits of Rationality, University of Chicago Press 1989.
• "When communism dissolves", London Review of Books 24 January 1990.
• "Utility, duty and fairness", in H.Carlsson and B.Larsson, eds., Problems of the Mixed Economy: Cooperation, Efficiency, and Stability. Amsterdam: North-Holland 1990, pp.23-52.
• "Rationality and social norms", in R.Hilpinen, ed., Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, North-Holland 1989.
• "Self-interest and altruism", in J.Mansbridge (ed.), Against Self-interest, University of Chicago Press 1990.
• "Local justice and interpersonal comparisons", in B7.
• "The theory of decision-making", Enciclopedia Italiana.
• "Local justice", Archives Européennes de Sociologie 1990
• "Merton's functionalism and the unintended consequences of action", in J. Clark, C.Modgil and S.Modgil and (eds.), Robert Merton: Consensus and Controversy Falmer Press 1990, pp.129-35.
• "Desires and opportunities: Tocqueville's political psychology", printed as the Tenth Duijker Lecture (Amsterdam) 1990.
• "Norms of revenge", Ethics 100 (1990), 862-85.
• "Introduction" (with John Roemer) to B7.
• "Envy in social life", R.Zeckhauser (ed.), Strategy and Choice, Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T.Press 1991, 49-82.
• "Utility from memory and anticipation" (with George Loewenstein), in B8, pp.213-34.
• "Intertemporal choice and political thought", in B8, pp.35-53.
• "Patterns of causal analysis in Tocqueville's Democracy in America", Rationality and Society 3 (1991), 277-97.
• “John Roemer”, in Warren Samuels (ed.), New Horizons in Economic Thought , Aldershot: Elgar 1992.
• “Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe: An introduction”, University of Chicago Law Review 58 (1991), 447-82.
• “Introduction” to B9.
• "Conventions, creativity, originality", in M.Hjort (ed.), Rules and Conventions , Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1992.
• “Constitutional bootstrapping in Paris and Philadelphia”, Cardozo Law Review 14 (1993), 549-76.
• "Fullness and parsimony", in S.Kemal and I. Gaskell (eds.), Explanation and Value in the Arts , Cambridge University Press 1993, pp.146-72
• “Rebuilding the boat in the open sea: Constitution-making in Eastern Europe”, Public Administration 71 (1993), 169-217.
• "Majority rule and individual rights", in S.Hurley and S.Shute (eds.), On Human Rights, Basic Books 1993, pp.175-216 + 249-56.
• "Egonomics", in The Great Ideas Today, Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1993, pp.87-135.
• "Rationality, emotions, and social norms", Synthese. 98 (1994), 21-49.
• “Some unresolved problems in the theory of rational choice”, Acta Sociologica. 36 (1993), 179-190.
• “Justice and the allocation of scarce resources”, in B.Mellers and J.Baron (eds.), Psychological Perspectives on Justice, Cambridge University Press 1993, 259-78.
• “Why things don’t happen as planned”, in N.Åkerman (ed.), The Necessity of Friction, Heidelberg: Physica Verlag 1993, 248-56.
• “Ethical individualism and presentism”, The Monist. 76 (1993), 333-48.
• “Argumenter et négocier dans deux assemblées constituantes”, Revue Française de Science Politique 44 (1994), 187-256.
• “Strategic uses of argument”, in K.Arrow et al. (eds.), Barriers to the Negotiated Resolution of Conflict, New York: Norton 1995, pp.236-57.
• "The idea of equality revisited", in World, Mind, and Ethics, a Festschrift for Bernard Williams edited by J.Altham and R.Harrison, Cambridge University Press 1995, pp.4-18.
• “Limiting majority rule: Alternatives to judicial review in the revolutionary epoch” in E.Smith (ed.), Constitutional Justice under Old Constitutions, The Hague: Kluwer 1995, pp.3-21.
• “The psychology of Democracy in America “, in The Great Ideas Today, Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1994, pp.87-126.
• “The empirical study of justice”, in D. Miller and M. Walzer (eds.), Pluralism, Justice and Equality, Oxford University Press 1995.
• Introduction to B10.
• Conclusion to B10.
• Introduction to B11.
• “Transition, constitution-making and separation in Czechoslovakia”, Archives Européennes de Sociologie 36 (1995), 105-34.
• “The impact of constitutions on economic performance”, in Proceedings from the Annual Bank Conference on Economic Development, Washington: The World Bank 1995, pp.209-226.
• “Forces and mechanisms in the constitution-making process”, Duke Law Review 45 (1995), 364-96.
• “Executive-legislative relations in three French constitution-making episodes”, in Revolusjon og Resonnement, Oslo: Norwegian University Press 1995, pp.67-99.
• “Equal or proportional? Arguing and bargaining over the Senate at the Federal Convention”, in J. Knight and I. Sened (eds.), Explaining Social Institutions , Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1995, pp.145-60.
• “The impact of rights on economic performance”, in A. Sajó (ed.), Western Rights? Post-Communist Applications, The Hague: Kluwer 1996, pp.347-60.
• “Rationality and the emotions”, Economic Journal 106 (1996), 1386-97.
• “Montaigne’s psychology”, The Great Ideas Today 1996, pp. 108-55.
• “Transmutation and misrepresentation”, Nordic Journal of Political Economy 23 (1996), 3-24.
• “Alchemies of the mind”, Legal Theory 3 (1997), 133-76.
• “Ways of constitution-making”, in A. Hadenius (ed.), Triumph and Crisis of Democracy, Cambridge University Press 1997, 123-42.
• “Afterword: The making of postcommunist presidencies”, in R. Taras (ed.), The Post-Communist Presidents, Cambridge University Press 1997, pp.225-37.
• “Introduction” to B12, pp.1-18.
• “Deliberation and constitution-making”, in B12, pp.97-122.
• “A plea for mechanisms”, in P. Hedström and R. Swedberg (eds.), Social Mechanisms , Cambridge University Press 1998, pp.45-73.
• “Emotions and economic theory”, Journal of Economic Literature 36 (1998), 47-74.
• “Introduction” (with O.-J. Skog) to B13.
• “Gambling and addiction”, in B13.
• “Coming to terms with the past”, Archives Européennes de Sociologie 39 (1998), 7-48.
• “Aristotle on the emotions”, The Great Ideas Today Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1998, pp.230-70.
• “Postscript” to Symposium on A15, Social Science Information 37 (1998), 457- 67.
• “Rationality and addiction”, in P. De Greiff (ed.), Drugs and the Limits of Liberalism, Cornell University Press 1999, pp.25-45.
• “Accountability in Athenian politics”, in B. Manin, A. Przeworski and S. Stokes (eds.), Democracy, Accountability and Representation, Cambridge University Press 1999, 253-78.
• “Science et sagesse”, Mélanges Raymond Boudon.
• “Tocqueville in English”, Archives Européennes de Sociologie 40 (1999), 148-55
• “Introduction” to B14.
• “Emotion and addiction”, in B14.
• “Davidson on weakness of will and self-deception”, in L. Hahn (ed.), The Philosophy of Donald Davidson, Chicago: Open Court 1999, pp. 425-42.
• “Reason, interest and passion in the East European transitions”, Social Science Information 38 (1999), 499-519.
• “Studying transitions: Constitution-making and transitional justice”, in K. Hinrichs, H. Kitschelt and H. Wiesenthal (eds.), Kontingenz und Krise. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag 2000, 141-56.
• “Rational-choice history: A case of excessive ambition”, American Political Science Review 94 (2000), 685-95.
• “Rationality, economy and society”, in S. Turner (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Weber, Cambridge University Press 2000.
• “Knowledge and the politics of transition”, in R. Viale (ed.), Knowledge and Politics, forthcoming from Springer.
• “Emotions and rationality”, forthcoming in A.S.R. Manstead, N.H. Frijda, & A.H. Fischer (Eds.), Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Symposium. Cambridge University Press.
• “Mimicking impartiality”, forthcoming in a Festschrift for Brian Barry.
• “Pascal and decision theory”, forthcoming in The Cambridge Companion to Pascal.
• “Moral dilemmas in transitional justice”, forthcoming in Monika Betzler (ed.), Practical Conflict.
• “Introduction” to B15.
• “Retribution”, in B15.
• “Conclusion” to B15.
• “Emotion and action”, fortcoming in R. Solomon (ed.), Thinking about Feeling: Contemporary Philosophers on Emotion.
• “Don’t burn your bridge before you come to it: Seven types of ambiguity in precommitment”, forthcoming in Texas Law Review.
• “A case study of transitional justice: Athens in 411 and 403 B.C.”, forthcoming in L. Meyer (ed.), Historical Justice.
• “Costs and constraints in the economy of the mind”, forthcoming in I. Brocas and J. Carrillo, (eds.) The Psychology of Economic Decisions. Vol. 2: Reasons and Consequences, Oxford University Press.
• “Equality and hypocrisy int he French Revolution”, forthcoming in a Festschrift for G.A. Gohen.