Gerald Marwell, Pamela Oliver

The Critical Mass in Collective Action

Herausgeber: Hernes, Gudmund

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780521308397
• ISBN-10: 0521308399
• Artikelnr.: 22586723

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The critical mass and the problem of collective action
2. Building blocks: goods, groups and processes
3. The paradox of group size
4. The dynamics of production functions
5. Social networks: density, centralization and cliques
6. Selectivity in social networks
7. Reach and selectivity as strategies of recruitment
8. Unfinished business
References
Name index
Subject index.