Critical Mass in Collective Action: A Micro-social Theory (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) - Softcover

Marwell, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052103955X ISBN 13: 9780521039550

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The problem of collective action is that each group member wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Therefore, no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action.

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"This book is a useful addition to recent efforts to stretch rational-choice collective-action theory beyond its original assumptions....this contributes to a healthy reawakened debate on the conditions surrounding collective action." Sun-Ki Chai, Social Forces

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The problem of collective action is that each member of a group wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Inevitably the end result is that no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action. The authors show that the problem of collective action requires a model of group process and cannot be deduced from simple models of individual behaviour. They employ formal mathematical models to emphasize the role of small subgroups of especially motivated individuals who form the 'critical mass' that sets collective action in motion. The book will be read with special interest by sociologists, social psychologists, economists and political scientists. It will also be of concern to those in industrial relations and communications research working on issues in collective action and rational choice.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 052103955X
• ISBN 13: 9780521039550
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224