Social dilemmas : perspectives on individuals and groups
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Social dilemmas : perspectives on individuals and groups
Praeger, 1995
- : hbk
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Bibliography: p. [201]-221
Includes index
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Description
Efficient resource management and provision of public goods represent social dilemmas for those involved. They must choose between a course of action that would be in their personal best interest (e.g., overharvesting fishing banks to take a bigger profit; withholding one's contributions to National Public Radio) and some alternative course that would be more advantageous for the community as a whole (e.g., limiting one's present catch to ensure future fishing stocks; contributing to NPR, even though contributors and noncontributors alike would be able to enjoy its programming). The decisions made by those facing social dilemmas are affected by many factors, and the contributors to this book have explored the diverse processes that ultimately lead an individual to choose between self-interest and the well-being of the community. By gaining a better appreciation of the variables that affect decisions made by those caught in social dilemmas, more effective ways to encourage greater cooperation and to promote the common good may be found.
Table of Contents
Preface An Introduction to Social Dilemmas by David A. Schroeder Reward Structure and Cooperation in the N-Person Prisoners' Dilemma by S. S. Komorita and Alan L. Ellis Norms in Social Dilemmas by Norbert L. Kerr Helping the Group or Helping Yourself? Social Motives and Group Identity in Resource Dilemmas by Roderick M. Kramer and Lisa Goldman Social Contracts and the Provision of Public Goods by Sanford L. Braver Social Dilemmas and Perceptions: Experiments on Framing and Inconsequentiality by Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Randy T. Simmons Cooperation under Laissez Faire and Majority Decision Rules in Group-Level Social Dilemmas by John Orbell, Robyn Dawes, and Alphons van de Kragt Collective Hedonism: A Social Loafing Analysis of Social Dilemmas by Kipling Williams, Jeffrey M. Jackson, and Steven J. Karau When Do People Want to Change the Rules for Allocating Shared Resources? by Charles Samuelson and David Messick How to Stop Throwing Good Money after Bad: Using Theory to Guide Practice by Joel Brockner A Framework for Understanding Decisions in Social Dilemmas by David A. Schroeder, Mark E. Sibicky, and Mary Elizabeth Irwin References Index
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