Theories of Collective Action
Theories of Collective Action Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum. Their consumption of commodities is subject to the constraint that what one can do, all cannot. The…
Specifikacia Theories of Collective Action
Theories of Collective Action
Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum. Their consumption of commodities is subject to the constraint that what one can do, all cannot. The goods they buy are frequently status-symbols in a zero-sum game which some will win and some must lose.
These problems form the centrepiece of the economic approach to social interaction that has been pioneered by Anthony Downs, Mancur Olson and Fred Hirsch. The pressure of coalitions and interest groups, the self- interest of politicians and bureaucrats may all work against a solution being found for some of the most urgent social and economic problems of our times. This book seeks to examine and evaluate their important theories of collective