Catch-22 and king-of-the-mountain games: Cycling, frustration, and power

Rationality and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-167

  Brams, Steven J ^a,b   Jones, Christopher B ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AAAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch 22; Cycles; Frustration; Power; Theory of moves

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644449649     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346399011002002     Document Type: Article

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