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Rationality and Collective Action
Rationality and Collective Action
Thursday, 19 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 712 (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC45 Rational Choice (host committee) Language: English
The study of collective action has been one of the most fruitful applications of the rational choice approach. Since Olson’s seminal contribution in the Logic of Collective Action, a vigorous strand of literature from different disciplines (mostly Sociology, Economy and Political Science) has addressed several research problems: the contribution to public goods, the management of common-pool resources, participation in social movements, revolutions, ... The use of analytical tools such as game theory has advanced our knowledge of how rational actors behave in collective action settings. However, recent contributions from other approaches, such as experimental studies or agent-based simulation, have opened new avenues to further our knowledge of these old problems. This session welcomes contributions using both theoretical and empirical approaches to analyse relevant problems of collective action in any field of the social sciences
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