{"product_id":"collective-action-rff-press","title":"Collective Action (Rff Press)","description":"Public choice, an important subdiscipline in the field of political theory, seeks to understand how people and societies make decisions affecting their collective lives. Relying heavily on theoretical models of decision making, public choice postulates that people act in their individual interests in making collective decisions.\nAs it happens, however, reality does not mirror theory, and people often act contrary to what the principal public choice models suggest.\nIn this book, Russell Hardin looks beyond the models to find out why people choose to act together in situations that the models find quite hopeless. He uses three constructs of modern political economy--public goods, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and game theory--to test public choice theories against real world examples of collective action. These include movements important in American society in the past few decades--civil rights, the Vietnam War, women's rights, and environmental concerns.\nThis classic work on public choice will be of interest to theoreticians and graduate students in the fields of public choice, political economy, or political theory--and to those in other disciplines who are concerned with the problem of collective action in social contexts.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0801828198\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0801828198.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hardin, Russell\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298219982909,"sku":"BVV.0801828198.G","price":10.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0801828198-0.jpg?v=1782508827","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/collective-action-rff-press","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}