GAME OF REGIMES: A GAME THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN CONTRACTUAL STATE

 

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Auteur: Becerril-Rojas, Javier Abraham
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2021
Omschrijving:This article argues that democracy, as well as non-democratic regimes, share hierarchies as models of governance (conflict resolution mechanisms) in the process of building a modern contractual state. Game theory is used as a methodology to analyze the works of Hobbes and Machiavelli, defending that both proposals describe the same phenomenon but at different stages, with the objective of contributing to the explanation of the current crisis of democracy. To this end, a new model that integrates Von Neumann’s expectedutility function with a variant of Selten’s discount rate to refine equilibria, is developed. It is concluded that it is not the governance model, but the efficiency of the State to manage the conflict that determines the consolidation (or dismantling) of the contractual regime.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/45489
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/45489
Access Level:acceso abierto
Keyword:POLITICAL THEORY
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRACY
TEORÍA POLÍTICA
GOBERNABILIDAD
DEMOCRACIA
SISTEMA POLÍTICO