Coercive Power in Social Exchange

Name: Coercive Power in Social Exchange
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ISBN: 9780521574617

ISBN-10: 0521574617

ISBN-13: 9780521574617

Edition: 1997

Authors: Linda D. Molm, Jon. Elster, Gudmund Hernes

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This book describes the progression and results of a decade-long program of experimental research on power in social exchange relations. Exchange theorists have traditionally excluded punishment and coercion from the scope of their analyses; but Molm examines whether exchange theory can be expanded to include reward and coercive power. Working within the framework of Emerson's power-dependence theory, but also drawing on the decision theory concepts of strategic action and loss aversion, Molm develops and tests a theory that emphasizes the interdependence of reward and coercive power. Her work shows that they are fundamentally different, not only in their effects on behavior, but also in…

Book details

List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/28/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.31" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.924
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 Acknowledgments



Introduction and overview



Social exchange and power



Punishment and coercion



An experimental setting for studying power in exchange relations



The early research: experimental tests and theoretical puzzles



The structural determination of power use



Dependence and risk: structural constraints on strategic power use



Injustice and risk: normative constraints on strategic power use



The effects of coercion: compliance or conflict?



A theory of coercion in social exchange



Conclusions and implications



Definitions of basic concepts of social exchange



The experimental instructions for the standardized setting


Notes


References