{"product_id":"individual-interests-and-collective-action-studies-in-rationality-and-social-change-paperback-9780521108201","title":"Individual Interests and Collective Action; Studies in Rationality and Social Change (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521108201","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndividual Interests and Collective Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in Rationality and Social Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book brings together the most important theoretical work of James S. Coleman on problems of collective action.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames S. Coleman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521108201, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book brings together the most important theoretical work of James S. Coleman on problems of collective action. Coleman's work has formed a consistent and highly distinguished attempt to find an account of the workings of social and political processes rooted in the rationality of the individual participants. The chapters address in various ways the fundamental Hobbesian problem of order; the question of how a set of self-interested individuals can arrive at some kind of social order. The volume is organised in three parts. The essays in Part I address the problem of social choice as a fundamental problem of the functioning of social systems. Those in Part II deal with relations of power as a crucial aspect of the relations between individual actions and their social consequences. Part III considers the question of the creation of collectivities and the rights that are allocated under them. As a whole, the volume demonstrates the integration and force of the views Coleman has developed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Collective Decisions: 1. Collective decisions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond Pareto optimality\u003cbr\u003e 3. The possibility of a social welfare function\u003cbr\u003e 4. Social action systems\u003cbr\u003e 5. Why so much stability? Recontracting, trustworthiness and the stability of vote exchanges\u003cbr\u003e 6. Collective decisions in a social system\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Power: 7. Political money\u003cbr\u003e 8. Control of collectivities and the power of a collectivity to act\u003cbr\u003e 9. Constitutional power in experimental health service and delivery systems\u003cbr\u003e 10. Legitimate and illegitimate use of power\u003cbr\u003e 11. Processes of concentration and dispersal of power in social systems\u003cbr\u003e 12. The corporate structure of the economy and its effects on income\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Constitutions: 13. Individual interests and collective action\u003cbr\u003e 14. Inequality, sociology and moral philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 15. Individual rights and the state\u003cbr\u003e 16. Rawls, Nozick and educational equality\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005788541208,"sku":"9780521108201","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521108201i.jpg?v=1694976184","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/individual-interests-and-collective-action-studies-in-rationality-and-social-change-paperback-9780521108201","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}