The Critical Mass in Collective Action

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Gerald Marwell

页数:224

出版时间:2007-11-5

价格:USD 57.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521039550

图书标签:集体行动社会运动sociology社会科学社会学社会政治学政治

The problem of collective action is that each member of a group wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Inevitably the end result is that no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action. The authors show that the problem of collective action requires a model of group process and cannot be deduced from simple models of individual behaviour. They employ formal mathematical models to emphasize the role of small subgroups of especially motivated individuals who form the 'critical mass' that sets collective action in motion. The book will be read with special interest by sociologists, social psychologists, economists and political scientists. It will also be of concern to those in industrial relations and communications research working on issues in collective action and rational choice.

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其实没有想象中的那么formal…但是异质性和相互依存的点还是挺实在的。

其实没有想象中的那么formal…但是异质性和相互依存的点还是挺实在的。

其实没有想象中的那么formal…但是异质性和相互依存的点还是挺实在的。

其实没有想象中的那么formal…但是异质性和相互依存的点还是挺实在的。

其实没有想象中的那么formal…但是异质性和相互依存的点还是挺实在的。