{"product_id":"9780761952510","title":"Political Bargaining : Theory, Practice and Process","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book brings an exciting and innovative new approach to the study of politics today. It introduces political bargaining, a process at the heart of all political and economic exchanges in contemporary society and the very essence of politics itself, to provide a new framework and fresh insights to modern political science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors trace the prevalence of bargaining processes in politics from the abstract level of individual human interaction and the `state of nature' to the more concrete political or institutionalized level. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey introduce students to theory -- the basic models of game theory, rational choice theory and positivist approaches; practice -- the practical manifestations of political bargaining in everyday national and international political life; and process -- its setting, the interests of the players involved, the conditions and properties that affect their calculations and, consequently, their ability to obtain desired outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolitical Bargaining provides students with the basic tools for learning about and participating in politics today by richly illustrating how the authoritative allocation of scarce resources is arrived at through a complex bargaining process between competing interests in society. It will be essential reading for student and lecturer alike across political science and the social sciences more widely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Pubns Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48677319999723,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":227.06,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780761952510-1.jpg?v=1785755691","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780761952510","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}