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Modern Dilemmas: Understanding Collective Action in the 21st Century Dylan Kissane, Alexandru Volacu, Panagiotis Barkas, Mirijam Boehme, Elizabeth Curzon, Oana-Alexandra Dervis, Arshima Champa Dost, Sophie van Eck, Andreea Gheba, Iris-Patricia Golopenta, Dylan Kissane, Jozef A. Kosc, Roxana Marin, Adrian Merfu, Aiste Seibokaite, Vit Simral, Peyman Vitone, Alexandru Volacu
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- public-choice-theory.
- international relations.
- comparative politics.
- political science.
- interaction.
- public policies.
- 21st Century.
- rational choice.
- philosophy.
- economy.
- collective action.
- Local Subjects:
- public-choice-theory.
- international relations.
- comparative politics.
- political science.
- interaction.
- public policies.
- 21st Century.
- rational choice.
- philosophy.
- economy.
- collective action.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hannover ibidem 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Dylan Kissane is Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of International Politics at CEFAM in Lyon, France. He earned his undergraduate degree in international studies from the University of South Australia's School of International Studies before completing an Honours degree in social science and a Ph.D. under Dr David Lundberg. He has published widely on chaotic and complex international politics, including the book Beyond Anarchy: The Complex and Chaotic Dynamics of International Politics (Ibidem) and numerous peer-reviewed articles.
- Alexandru Volacu is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) in Bucharest, Romania, with a thesis focusing on the topic of rationality in theories of distributive justice. He holds an MA in Political Theory and Analysis, with a thesis on an experimental treatment of the Quantal Response Equilibrium and a BA in Political Science from the same university, with a thesis on the directional model of electoral competition. He is also a Teaching Assistant, holding undergraduate seminars on Political Philosophy and Parties and Electoral Systems at SNSPA. His main research interests revolve around normative and positive political theory, specifically: political philosophy, ethics, game theory, public choice theory, social choice theory, behavioral economics, the philosophy of social sciences and electoral competition. He is currently the Vicepresident and Head of the Academic Department of the International Association for Political Science Students, Editor of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics and a member of the International Political Science Association. By June 2014 he had published over 20 scientific articles in internationally indexed journals, collective volumes or at international conferences..
- Summary:
- 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 (co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) even claims that “the theory of collective action is the central subject of political science”. The current volume, Modern Dilemmas: Understanding Collective Action in the 21st Century, is a collection of essays which target the problem of collective action from both a theoretical and applied perspective. The volume consists of four parts, each of these providing insights into different research fields. Thus, the first part, Theoretical Approaches, offers a guideline to the study of collective action in public choice theory and rational choice institutionalism and shows how it can be connected to other research programs such as constructivism, social network analysis and contractualism. The second part, Collective Action and Responsibility, tackles issues specific to political philosophy such as collective and individual responsibility and the morality of free-riding behavior. The third part, Collective Action and Public Policies, presents empirical studies on collective action in relation to educational policies, health policies and policies which target food security. Finally, the fourth part, Collective Action, Political Institutions and Social Movements, consists of various studies on classical problems of collective action such as political protests and revolutions, but also problems which are not traditionally associated with collective action such as party funding and the role of international organizations in economic recessions. The multidisciplinary character of the volume therefore makes it an interesting 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.
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Foreword: Collective Dilemmas: Here and Now""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""THEORETICAL APPROACHES""; ""Chapter One: First and Second Generation Theories of Collective Action""; ""Chapter Two: New Conceptions of Collective Action in the Information Age""; ""Chapter Three: When Olson Gets Entangled: Networks in Political Economy""; ""Chapter Four: Rousseau�s General Will and the Notion of Collective Action""; ""COLLECTIVE ACTION AND RESPONSIBILITY""
- ""Chapter Five: Climate Change as a �Hard� Case of Collective Responsibility""""Chapter Six: Individual Responsibility for Participation in Collective Action""; ""Chapter Seven: The Morality of Free Riding Behavior�How Do Free Riders Wrong Us, Is It What They Take or How They Take It?""; ""COLLECTIVE ACTION AND PUBLIC POLICIES""; ""Chapter Eight: Models of Global Literacy Development: A South African Case Study of Collective Action""; ""Chapter Nine: Enabling Collective Action in State Programmes: The Case of Community Health Workers in Rural India""
- ""Afterword: Working Together on the Challenges of Working Together""""List of Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-8382-0731-9
- OCLC:
- 905348777
- Publisher Number:
- 9783838267418
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