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Title:

Getting hooked : rationality and addiction / edited by Jon Elster, Ole-Jørgen Skog.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

ix, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Addicts--Psychology.
Compulsive behavior--Etiology.
Substance Abuse--etiology.
Self-control.
Choice (Psychology).
Behavior, Addictive.
Choice Behavior.
Compulsive behavior--Etiology.
Substance-Related Disorders--etiology.
Self-control.
Choice (Psychology).
Addicts--Psychology.
Substance Abuse--etiology.
Compulsive behavior--Etiology.

Other Authors:

Elster, Jon, 1940-
Skog, Ole-Jørgen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Addiction and social interaction / Karl Ove Moene -- Addiction, weakness of the will, and relapse / Olav Gjelsvik -- The dangers of willpower / George Ainslie -- The neurobiology of chemical addiction / Eliot L. Gardner and James David -- To legalize or not to legalize: is that the question? / Helge Waal -- Rationality, irrationality, and addiction - notes on Becker's and Murphy's theory of addiction / Ole-Jørgen Skog -- Gambling and addiction / Jon Elster -- A visceral account of addiction / George Loewenstein -- Epilogue: rationally coping with lapses from rationality / Thomas Schelling

ISBN:

9780521640084 (hbk.)
0521640083 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38753049
(OCoLC)41960938

LCCN:

98017266

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)