268 Pages
by
RFF Press
268 Pages
by
RFF Press
268 Pages
by
RFF Press
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Public choice, an important subdiscipline in the field of political theory, seeks to understand how people and societies make decisions affecting their collective lives. Relying heavily on theoretical models of decision making, public choice postulates that people act in their individual interests in making collective decisions.
As it happens, however, reality does not mirror theory, and people... Read more
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Back of the Invisible Hand
2. Collective Action and Prisoner's Dilemma
3. Group Size
4. Types of Collective Action Problems
5. Assymetries in Collective Action
6. Contractarian Provisions
7. Extrarational Motivations
8. Dynamic Analysis of Collective Action
9. Rationality in the Prisoner's Dilemma
10. Contract by Convention
11. Enforcement of Conventions
12. Limits to Contract by Convention
13. Contract by Convention in Social Theory
14. Contract by Convention in Politics
Biography
Russell Hardin is professor of politics at New York University. His recent books include Indeterminacy and Society and Trust and Trustworthiness.
'Offers a trail from the micro-assumptions of rational-choice theory to the macro-concerns of many students of collective-action.' Politics & Society
