Games Real Actors Play: Actor-centered Institutionalism In Policy Research

This book argues that substantive policy problems need to be mapped onto the constellations of policy actors involved and shows how these constellations can be represented by relatively simple game-theoretic models. It explicates the framework of actor-centered institutionalism.

Author: Fritz W. Scharpf
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/05/1997
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780813399683

About the Author
Fritz W. Scharpf is codirector of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany, and a former director of the International Institute of Management and Administration, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin. He has taught at the Yale Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, and at the University of Konstanz. He has published widely on constitutional law, democratic theory, policy formation and policy implementation, political economy, negotiation theory, and game theory.