Cronk / Leech Meeting at Grand Central

Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4548-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

Lee Cronk is professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of That Complex Whole: Culture and the Evolution of Human Behavior. Beth L. Leech is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University. She is the coauthor of Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science (Princeton).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cronk, Lee

Leech, Beth L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Cooperation, Coordination, and Collective Action 1

- Box 1.1

- Experimental Economic Games 15

Chapter 2 Adaptation: A Special and Onerous Concept 18

Chapter 3 The Logic of Logic, and Beyond 47

- Box 3.1

- Types of Groups 49

- Box 3.2

- Types of Goods 53

Chapter 4 Cooperation and the Individual 72

- Box 4.1

- The Reciprocity Bandwagon 75

- Box 4.2

- The Prisoner's Dilemma Game 79

Chapter 5 Cooperation and Organizations 101

Chapter 6 Meeting at Penn Station:

Coordination Problems and Cooperation 124

- Box 6.1

- Coordination Games 150

Chapter 7 Cooperation Emergent 151

Chapter 8 Meeting at Grand Central 169

Notes 189

References 207

Index 23

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Cronk is professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of That Complex Whole: Culture and the Evolution of Human Behavior. Beth L. Leech is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University. She is the coauthor of Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science (Princeton).