Theories of Collective Action: Downs, Olson, and Hirsch by David A. Reisman epub fb2 djvu
Author: | David A. Reisman |
Title: | Theories of Collective Action: Downs, Olson, and Hirsch |
ISBN: | 0312035950 |
ISBN13: | 978-0312035952 |
Other Formats: | lrf lrf docx doc |
Pages: | 348 pages |
Publisher: | St Martin's Press (February 1, 1990) |
Language: | English |
Size EPUB version: | 1596 kb |
Size FB2 version: | 1851 kb |
Category: | Business & Money |
Subcategory: | Economics |
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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.