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The logic of collective action : public goods and the theory of groups

Mancur Olson
'This superb little volume is worthy of the attention of all social scientists. it can lead to a healthy and challenging discussion and perhaps to a reappraisal of pressure groups in American society.Public Opinion Quarterly.
Print Book, English, 2003
21. printing View all formats and editions
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2003
x, 186 Seiten
9780674537514, 0674537513
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Introduction1(4)
A Theory of Groups and Organizations
5(48)
The purpose of organization
5(4)
Public goods and large groups
9(7)
The traditional theory of groups
16(6)
Small groups
22(14)
``Exclusive'' and ``inclusive'' groups
36(7)
A taxonomy of groups
43(10)
Group Size and Group Behavior
53(13)
The coherence and effectiveness of small groups
53(4)
Problems of the traditional theories
57(3)
Social incentives and rational behavior
60(6)
The Labor Union and Economic Freedom
66(32)
Coercion in labor unions
66(10)
Labor-union growth in theory and practice
76(12)
The closed shop and economic freedom in the latent group
88(3)
Government intervention and economic freedom in the latent group
91(7)
Orthodox Theories of State and Class
98(13)
The economists' theory of the state
98(4)
The Marxian theory of state and class
102(3)
The logic of the Marxian theory
105(6)
Orthodox Theories of Pressure Groups
111(21)
The philosophical view of pressure groups
111(3)
Institutional economics and the pressure group
114(3)
John R. Commons
Modern theories of pressure groups
117(8)
Bentley
Truman
Latham
The logic of group theory
125(7)
The ``By-Product'' and ``Special Interest'' Theories
132(37)
The ``by-product'' theory of large pressure groups
132(3)
Labor lobbies
135(2)
Professional lobbies
137(4)
The ``special interest'' theory and business lobbies
141(7)
Government promotion of political pressure
148(5)
Farm cooperatives and farm lobbies
153(6)
Noneconomic lobbies
159(6)
The ``forgotten groups''---those who suffer in silence
165(4)
Appendix169(10)
Index179
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