ABSTRACT
Why do so many people volunteer to help others in need in society today? What makes people give up the convenience of driving their car to benefit a better environment? And why are citizens, in general, quite prepared to pay taxes to ensure adequate health care, and support for the elderly and unemployed? These are examples of a more fundamental question addressed in this book: why do people cooperate for the welfare of their community, state, or organization?
Cooperation in Modern Society is a unique collection of contributions from internationally reputed scholars across the social sciences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |41 pages
Introduction
chapter |22 pages
Perspectives on Cooperation in Modern Society
Helping the Self, the Community, and Society
chapter |18 pages
Factors Promoting Cooperation in the Laboratory, in Common Pool Resource Dilemmas, and in Large-Scale Dilemmas
Similarities and Differences
part |81 pages
Individual and Collective Restraint in Common Resources
chapter |19 pages
Choosing Between Personal Comfort and the Environment
Solutions to the Transportation Dilemma
chapter |19 pages
Why Do People Cooperate in Groups?
Support for Structural Solutions to Social Dilemma Problems
part |104 pages
Individual and Collective Actions in Common Goods
chapter |15 pages
Doing Good for Self and Society
Volunteerism and the Psychology of Citizen Participation
chapter |22 pages
Identity and Protest
How Group Identification Helps to Overcome Collective Action Dilemmas
part |12 pages
Commentary
