The Origins of Unfairness : Social Categories and Cultural Evolution / Cailin O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Cailin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Contents:

Part I The Evolution of Inequity Through Social Coordination p. 11

1 Gender, Coordination Problems, and Coordination Games p. 13

2 Social Categories, Coordination, and Inequity p. 40

3 Cultural Evolution with Social Categories p. 58

4 The Evolution of Gender p. 84

Part II The Evolution of Inequity Through Division of Resources p. 103

5 Power and the Evolution of Inequity p. 105

6 The Cultural Red Queen and the Cultural Red King p. 133

7 Discrimination and Homophily p. 163

8 The Evolution of Household Bargaining p. 181

9 Evolution and Revolution p. 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198789971

9780198789970

OCLC:

1082315381