Cement of Society A Survey of Social Order

Name: Cement of Society A Survey of Social Order
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ISBN: 9780521376075

ISBN-10: 0521376076

ISBN-13: 9780521376075

Edition: 1989

Authors: Jon. Elster, Gudmund Hernes, Gudmund Hernes

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The question addressed in this challenging new book is: What binds societies together and prevents them from disintegrating into chaos and war? Elster analyzes two concepts of social order: stable, predictable patterns of behavior, and cooperative behavior. The book examines various aspects of collective action and bargaining from the perspective of rational choice theory and the theory of social norms. It is a fundamental assumption of the book that social norms provide an important kind of motivation for action that is irreducible to rationality.

Book details

List price: $66.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.43" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Jon Elster is Professor of Rationalitï¿½ et sciences sociales at College de France, and Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Sciences at Columbia University. He is author of Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective .



Preface and acknowledgements


Introduction: the two problems of social order



Collective action



Bargaining



Social norms



Bargaining and collective action



Collective action and social norms



Bargaining and social norms


Conclusion: the cement of society


References


Index