The Logic of Collective Action

Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmænsər/[1] or /ˈmæŋkər/; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park. Among other areas, he made contributions to institutional economics on the role of private property, taxation, public goods, collective action and contract rights in economic development. Olson focused on the logical basis of interest group membership and participation. The reigning political theories of his day granted groups an almost primordial status. Some appealed to a natural human instinct for herding, others ascribed the formation of groups that are rooted in kinship to the process of modernization. Olson offered a radically different account of the logical basis of organized collective action.

出版者:Harvard University Press

作者:Mancur Olson

页数:186

出版时间:1971-1-1

价格:USD 31.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780674537514

图书标签:经济学政治学社会学集体行动economics社会理论奥尔森MancurOlson

This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and historical studies of particular organizations. Applying economic analysis to the subjects of the political scientist, sociologist, and economist, Mr. Olson examines the extent to which the individuals that share a common interest find it in their individual interest to bear the costs of the organizational effort.

The theory shows that most organizations produce what the economist calls "public goods"--goods or services that are available to every member, whether or not he has borne any of the costs of providing them. Economists have long understood that defense, law and order were public goods that could not be marketed to individuals, and that taxation was necessary. They have not, however, taken account of the fact that private as well as governmental organizations produce public goods.

读后感

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用户评价

不管后人怎么吐槽，奥尔森的理论能抓住社会变迁背后的一些关键机制，能与一些现有理论对话，且也足够简约，这就够了~

三个和尚没水喝...

“搭便车”的概念从此深入骨髓

翻来覆去就是说个很简单的道理。难得在说的非常好！

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