The Possibility of Cooperation

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction: the problem of collective action; 2. The prisoners' dilemma, chicken and other games in the provision of public goods; 3. The two-person prisoners' dilemma supergame; 4. The N-person prisoners' dilemma supergame; 5. Altruism and superiority; 6. The state; 7. Epilogue: cooperation, the state and anarchy; Annex; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Taylor
• Assisted by: Jon Elster (Editor), Gudmund Hernes (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.1987
• EAN: 9780521339902
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33990-2
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 217 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Studies in Rationality and Soc; Studies in Rationality and Social Change; Studies in Rationality and Social Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy