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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	RC533 .G45 1999		AVAILABLE

Title	Getting hooked : rationality and addiction / edited by Jon Elster, Ole-J�rgen Skog.
OCLC	38753049
ISBN	0521640083 (hbk.)
Publisher	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description	ix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Addicts -- Psychology.
	Compulsive behavior -- Etiology.
	Substance abuse -- Etiology.
	Self-control.
	Choice (Psychology)
Medical Subject heading/s	Behavior, Addictive.
	Choice Behavior.
	Compulsive Behavior -- etiology.
	Substance-Related Disorders -- etiology.
Bibliography	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-J�rgen Skog -- Gambling and addiction / Jon Elster -- A visceral account of addiction / George Loewenstein -- Epilogue: rationally coping with lapses from rationality / Thomas Schelling.

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