Modern Dilemmas

Understanding Collective Action in the 21st Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0741-4
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Collective action problems are ubiquitous in situations involving human interactions and therefore lie at the heart of economy and political science. In one of the most salient statements on this topic, Elinor Ostrom, corecipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, claims that 'the theory of collective action is the central subject of political science.' The collection of essays presented in this timely volume targets the problem of collective action from both a theoretical and applied perspective. Its multidisciplinary approach makes it a valuable reading for students and scholars working in a number of different areas of study, such as political science, economy, political philosophy, public policies, comparative politics, and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kissane, Dylan

Volacu, Alexandru

Weitere Mitwirkende

Miroiu, Adrian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword – Collective Dilemmas: Here and Now, by Adrian Miroiu
Acknowledgments, by Introduction
Theoretical Approaches
1. First and Second Generation Theories of Collective Action, by Alexandru Volacu and Iris-Patricia Golopenta
2. New Conceptions of Collective Action in the Information Age, by Peyman Vitone
3. When Olson Gets Entangled: Networks in Political Economy, by Mirijam Bohme
4. Rousseau's General Will and the Notion of Collective Action, by Adrian Merfu
Collective Action and Responsibility
5. Climate Change as a 'Hard' Case of Collective Responsibility, by Aiste Seibokaite
6. Individual Responsibility for Participation in Collective Action, by Elizabeth Curzon
7. The Morality of Free Riding Behavior—How Do Free Riders Wrong Us, Is It What They Take or How They Take It?, by Oana-Alexandra Dervis
Collective Action and Public Policies
8. Models of Global Literacy Development: A South African Case Study of Collective Action, by Jozef A. Kosc
9. Enabling Collective Action in State Programmes: The Case of Community Health Workers in Rural India, by Arshima Champa Dost
10. Regulation of Food Speculation Within the European Union—A Policy Analysis, by Sophie van Eck
Collective Action, Political Institutions and Social Movements
11. Civic Engagement, Collective Action and Social Capital: Protests from Bârlad, Romania (2012), by Andreea Gheba
12. Why They Act: A Multi-Method Approach Towards Party Regulations Reforms, by Vit Simral
13. International Economic Policies and Keynes Rediscovery in the Greek-Euro Crisis, by Panagiotis Barkas
14. Explaining the Arab Spring through the Prism of the "Postmodern Revolution", by Roxana Marin
Afterword: Working Together on the Challenges of Working Together, by Dylan Kissane
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dylan Kissane is director of graduate studies and professor of international politics at CEFAM in Lyon, France. He has published widely on chaotic and complex international politics, including the book Beyond Anarchy: The Complex and Chaotic Dynamics of International Politics and numerous peer-reviewed articles.

Alexandru Volacu teaches at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest, and is editor of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics. He is author of numerous academic articles in internationally indexed journals.