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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Evolution of Cooperation at the Level of Individuals
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Cooperation and Group Formation
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Cooperation and Problems of the Commons
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About this book
How do groups form, how do institutions come into being, and when do moral norms and practices emerge? This volume explores how game-theoretic approaches can be extended to consider broader questions that cross scales of organization, from individuals to cooperatives to societies. Game theory' strategic formulation of central problems in the analysis of social interactions is used to develop multi-level theories that examine the interplay between individuals and the collectives they form. The concept of cooperation is examined at a higher level than that usually addressed by game theory, especially focusing on the formation of groups and the role of social norms in maintaining their integrity, with positive and negative implications. The authors suggest that conventional analyses need to be broadened to explain how heuristics, like concepts of fairness, arise and become formalized into the ethical principles embraced by a society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Games, Groups, and the Global Good
Editors: Simon A. Levin
Series Title: Springer Series in Game Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85436-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85435-7Published: 24 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09913-7Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85436-4Published: 09 June 2009
Series ISSN: 1868-517X
Series E-ISSN: 1868-5188
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 283
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Political Science, Evolutionary Biology