Order on the Edge of Chaos - Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order (Hardcover)

Order and stability are tenuous and fragile. People have to work to create and sustain a semblance of stability and order in their lives and in their organizations and larger communities. Order on the Edge of Chaos compares different ideas about how we coordinate and cooperate. The ideas come from 'micro-sociology', and they offer new answers to the classic question of Thomas Hobbes: 'how is social order possible?' The most common answers in sociology, political science, and economics assume a fundamental tension between individual and group interests. This volume reveals that social orders are problematic even without such tension, because when people interact with each other, they verify their identities, feel and respond to emotions, combine different goal frames, and develop shared responsibility. The ties of people to groups result from many aspects of their social interactions, and these cannot be explained by individual self-interest.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2015
Editors:	Edward J. Lawler • Shane R Thye • Jeongkoo Yoon
Dimensions:	238 x 153 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-07675-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	1-107-07675-7
Barcode:	9781107076754

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