Social Norms Michael Hechter and Karl-Dieter Opp, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Opp, Karl-Dieter.

Hechter, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social norms.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Edition:

First papercover edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social norms are rules that prescribe what people should and should not do given their social surroundings and circumstances.Norms instruct people to keep their promises, to drive on the right, or to abide by the golden rule.

Contents:

Contents ; Contributors ; Introduction / Michael Hechter and Karl-Dieter Opp ; Part I. Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Norms ; Chapter 1. Sociological Perspectives on the Emergence of Norms / Christine Horne ; Chapter 2. The Evolution of Social Norms: A Perspective from the Legal Academy / Robert C. Ellickson ; Chapter 3. Norms in Economics, with Special Reference to Economic Development / Thrainn Eggertsson ; Chapter 4. Game-Theoretical Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Norms / Thomas Voss ; Part II. Norms in Social Context

Chapter 5. Enacting Norms: Mushrooming and the Culture of Expectations and Explanations / Gary Alan Fine Chapter 6. The Emergence of the Objectivity Norm in American Journalism / Michael Schudson ; Chapter 7. National Self-Determination: The Emergence of an International Norm / Michael Hechter and Elizabeth Borland ; Chapter 8. Social Networks and the Emergence of Protest Norms / Karl-Dieter Opp ; Chapter 9. The Emergence of Marriage Norms: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective / Satoshi Kanazawa and Mary C. Still

Chapter 10. Sex and Sanctioning: Evaluating Two Theories of Norm Emergence / Christine Horne Part III. Exploring the Emergence of Social Norms ; Chapter 11. Norms of Cooperativeness and Networks of Trust / Karen S. Cook and Russell Hardin ; Chapter 12. Rule Finding about Rule Making: Comparison Processes and the Making of Rules / Guillermina Jasso ; Chapter 13. What Have We Learned about the Emergence of Social Norms? / Michael Hechter and Karl-Dieter Opp ; Index

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ISBN:

1-61044-280-6

OCLC:

906809299