Nested Games: Rational Choice in Comparative Politics

Rating:
Summary: A must for anyone serious about comparative politics
Review: This is one of the books where it all started... Comparative Politics scholars treating their subject matter with the soundness and analytical rigor only found, before, in the realm of American Politics. And yet, the book is remarkably accessible. So much that any modestly committed undergraduate should be able to follow most of the argument. The chapters on the UK and France seem especially persuasive.

Formally oriented scholars may feel tempted to dismiss the material as not formal enough. Doing so is missing the point of the book, though. This book is, above all, an *invitation* to do Comparative Politics in a manner consistent with the *Science* in Political Science. Still, more experienced --and demanding-- readers, will not be disappointed by Tsebelis's journal articles.