Books by Fritz W Scharpf

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.

Games Real Actors Play provides a persuasive argument for the use of basic concepts of game theory in understanding public policy conflicts. Fritz Scharpf criticizes public choice theory as too narro