Formal Models in Political Science: Conceptual, Not Empirical

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Previous articleNext article No AccessReview EssayFormal Models in Political Science: Conceptual, Not Empirical Political Games: Mathematical Insights on Fighting, Voting, Lying and Other Affairs of State. By Macartan Humphreys. New York: Norton, 2017. Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science. By Dani Rodrik. New York: Norton, 2015. Jane Austen, Game Theorist. By Michael Suk-Young Chwe. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014.James JohnsonJames JohnsonUniversity of Rochester Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 81, Number 1January 2019 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/700590 Views: 819Total views on this site Citations: 5Citations are reported from Crossref HistoryPublished online November 26, 2018 © 2018 by the Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:James Johnson Remarks on Paul Dragos Aligica’s Public entrepreneurship, citizenship and self-governance, The Review of Austrian Economics 34, no.33 (Jun 2019): 401–408.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-019-00462-zJames Johnson Models-As-Fables: An Alternative to the Standard Rationale for Using Formal Models in Political Science, Perspectives on Politics 19, no.33 (Nov 2020): 874–889.https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592720003473William Bosworth Editorial to special issue on rational choice and political power, Journal of Political Power 14, no.22 (Jun 2021): 277–280.https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2021.1900468James Johnson Grumpy Old Men: reconsidering Rational Choice & Political Power, Journal of Political Power 14, no.22 (Mar 2021): 313–323.https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2021.1901196James Johnson Is the Concept of “Spontaneous Order” Simply Libertarian Fairy Dust?, (Oct 2020): 1–23.https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-213420200000025001