ENGLISH

The Cement of Society: A Survey of Social Order

By Jon Elster

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0521374561, 9780521374569
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (17075326 bytes)
Series
Studies in Rationality and Social Change
Pages
320\319
Time added
2017-10-25 03:24:25
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Description

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.

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