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Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum. The goods they buy are frequently status-symbols in a zero-sum game which some will win and some must lose. Their consumption of commodities is subject to the constraint that what one can do, all cannot. 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. These problems form the centrepiece of the economic approach to social interaction that has been pioneered by Anthony Downs, Mancur Olson and Fred Hirsch. This book seeks to examine and evaluate their important theories of collective action.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Downs
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Olson
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Hirsch
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Back Matter
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DAVID REISMAN
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Theories of Collective Action
Book Subtitle: Downs, Olson and Hirsch
Authors: David Reisman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389977
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-49471-4Published: 22 January 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-38997-7Published: 21 January 1990
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 348
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Sociology, general, Public Finance