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The Logic of Collective Action : Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, With a New Preface and Appendix / Mancur Olson Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Economic Studies ; 124Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [1971]Copyright date: ©1965Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674537507
  • 9780674041660
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302
LOC classification:
  • HM131.O57 1965eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface, 1971 -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- I. A Theory of Groups and Organizations -- II. Group Size and Group Behavior -- III. The Labor Union and Economic Freedom -- IV. Orthodox Theories of State and Class -- V. Orthodox Theories of Pressure Groups -- VI. The "By-Product" and "Special Interest" Theories -- Appendix -- Index
Summary: This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and historical studies of particular organizations. Applying economic analysis to the subjects of the political scientist, sociologist, and economist, Mancur Olson examines the extent to which individuals who share a common interest find it in their individual interest to bear the costs of the organizational effort.
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Frontmatter -- Preface, 1971 -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- I. A Theory of Groups and Organizations -- II. Group Size and Group Behavior -- III. The Labor Union and Economic Freedom -- IV. Orthodox Theories of State and Class -- V. Orthodox Theories of Pressure Groups -- VI. The "By-Product" and "Special Interest" Theories -- Appendix -- Index

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This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and historical studies of particular organizations. Applying economic analysis to the subjects of the political scientist, sociologist, and economist, Mancur Olson examines the extent to which individuals who share a common interest find it in their individual interest to bear the costs of the organizational effort.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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