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Theories of Collective Action

Downs, Olson and Hirsch

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  • © 1990

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  1. David Reisman
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David Reisman
      Pages 1-4

  3. Downs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Democracy and Consent

      • David Reisman
      Pages 7-59

    3. Organisations and Interests

      • David Reisman
      Pages 60-137

  4. Olson

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Free Riders and Free Markets

      • David Reisman
      Pages 141-209

    3. Collective Action and Economic Growth

      • David Reisman
      Pages 210-256

  5. Hirsch

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Social Limits and Collective Action

      • David Reisman
      Pages 259-314

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 315-348
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Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum. The goods they buy are frequently status-symbols in a zero-sum game which some will win and some must lose. Their consumption of commodities is subject to the constraint that what one can do, all cannot. The pressure of coalitions and interest groups, the self- interest of politicians and bureaucrats may all work against a solution being found for some of the most urgent social and economic problems of our times. These problems form the centrepiece of the economic approach to social interaction that has been pioneered by Anthony Downs, Mancur Olson and Fred Hirsch. This book seeks to examine and evaluate their important theories of collective action.

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DAVID REISMAN

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