ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on whether—and, if so, in what manner and to what extent— these ways involve cooperation. It discusses the following: How do human beings—who, especially when globalization processes such as planetary human migrations are involved, are often strangers to one another—relate to one another in such situations? The chapter argues that knowledge of models of human interaction is helpful in dealing with globalization and related problems and issues. In addressing globalization problems and issues, large-scale cooperation among strangers plays a significant role—one that, quite often, neither the market nor government singly or jointly can replace. The interactions between these different sectors can be best understood and applied in resolving or dissolving policy-making problems and issues concerning globalization through an ecological model that involves multiple feedback loops and dynamic interactions, notably, those involving reciprocity and affecting trust. Cooperation among strangers in interactions between individuals is not in question among social scientists.
