UID:
almafu_9960117288902883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-316-46407-5
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1-139-92462-1
Content:
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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Social Psychology of Social Order -- Micro Theories of Social Order -- Evolutionary Theory -- Choice Theory -- Social Exchange Theory -- Trust Theory -- Identity Theory -- Expectation States Theory -- Emotions Theory -- Meaning Theory -- Morality Theory -- Legitimacy Theory -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Evolutionary Biology and Sociology of Social Order -- An Analytical Model for Visualizing Human Nature and the Evolution of Complex Societies -- Human Nature: Why It Is Important and How We Discover It -- The Evolution of Low-Sociality Apes -- Ape Nature and What It Means for Human Nature -- The Evolution and Integration of Complexity -- Macro to Micro Constraints Imposed by Embedding -- Micro Reactions to Macro and Meso Constraints -- Overcoming Blockages to the Flow of Positive Emotions -- Disintegrative Pressures -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Social Rationality and Weak Solidarity -- The Social Brain and Social Rationality -- The Crucial Step: Group-Mindedness -- Goal-Framing Theory -- Three Overarching Goals (Mind-Sets) -- Overarching Goals and Social Order -- The Dynamic Interdependence of Overarching Goals -- Relationships, Groups, and Overarching Goals -- Social Order in Complex Societies: The Importance of Weak Solidarity -- Normative Uncertainty and the Importance of Education -- Cue Sensitivity and the Local Context -- Self-regulation -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 4 An Integrative Theory of Action -- The Problem -- An Example -- Three Paradigms -- Three Mechanisms -- The Model of Frame Selection -- Overview -- The Automatic-spontaneous (as-) Mode -- The Reflecting-calculating (rc-) Mode -- Mode Selection -- Implications and Empirical Evidence -- Summary and Conclusion -- References.
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5 The Center Cannot Hold -- Introduction -- Is Consensus Desirable? -- Is Pluralism an Equilibrium? -- Pluralism and Monoculture in Formal Models of Social Influence -- Pluralism and Polarization -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 6 Social Exchange and Social Order -- Social Exchange and Social Order -- The Affect Mechanism -- Interaction and Social Commitments -- Social Unit Attributions -- Proximal and Distal Social Commitments -- The Moral Force of Person-to-Group Ties -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Institutions, Trust, and Social Order -- Introduction -- Trust -- Micro-Social Order: Trusting Others to Cooperate -- Securing Trust-Based Cooperation -- Assessing Trustworthiness -- Reputational Mechanisms for Securing Cooperation -- Incentive-Based Trustworthiness -- Informal Social Arrangements and Cooperation -- Norms of Cooperation -- Organizations -- Institutions -- Distrust and Institutional Design -- Government -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Identity Verification and the Social Order -- Identities and Social Structure -- Identities as Positions within Groups -- Identities and Resource Transfers -- Identities as Controlling Meaning -- Resources -- Identity Verification and Change in the Social System -- System Stability through Repair -- System Stability and Emotion -- Person Identities and the Social Structure -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Identities, Roles, and Social Institutions -- Theoretical Framework -- Elements of Society -- Identities, Roles, and Social Institutions -- The Cognitive-Affective Foundation of Social Order -- Social Institutions in the Mind -- Economy -- Kinship -- Religion -- Polity -- Law -- Education -- Medicine -- Leisure -- Quasi-Institutional Clusters -- Situation Definitions and Social Order -- Sentiments and Interdependence Relations -- Affect Control and Rational Choice -- Summary and Conclusion.
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References -- 10 The Gender Frame and Social Order -- The Coordination Problem in Social Relations -- Coordination and Difference -- Sex/Gender as a Primary Frame -- Gender and Status: From Difference to Inequality -- How Does the Gender Frame Shape Behavior? -- Gendered Structures of Inequality -- The Gender Frame and the Persistence of Gender Inequality -- Lagging Gender Beliefs -- Sites of Innovation -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Status, Power, and Social Order -- Status-Power and Reference Group Theory -- Status and Power -- Reference Groups -- Types of Social Order -- Status and Reference Group Mechanisms for Social Order -- Reference Group Support for Social Order -- Emotions and Social Order -- Emotions Favoring Social Order -- Emotions Favoring Disorder -- Social Disorder -- Micro-Macro Linkage to Maintain Social Order -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Interaction Order -- Introduction -- First Iteration: Garfinkel's Respecification of Social Action Theory -- Second Iteration Interaction Orders of Self -- Third Iteration: Sequential Orders of Meaning as Social Fact -- Relevance of the Interaction Order Approach to Modernity -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 The Arts of Together -- Walking Together -- "Loving" Together -- Playing Together -- Being Together -- References -- 14 Dignity as Moral Motivation -- Introduction -- Background: Dignity and Embedded Action -- Dignity -- Examples: Illuminating Senses of Dignity -- Dignity: Conceptual Elements and Measurement Strategies -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 15 The Legitimacy of Groups and the Mobilization of Resources -- Introduction -- Objectives -- The Legitimacy of Groups -- Scope of the Theory -- Basic Concepts and Assumptions -- Four Corollaries -- The Categorical Imperative -- The Mobilization of Resources -- Domain of the Theory -- The Nature of the Process.
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Multiple Levels of Legitimacy and the Mobilization of Resources -- Legitimacy and Compliance with the Authority to Tax -- Why Compliance Is a Problem -- Willingness to Comply -- Conditions of Actual Compliance -- Support by Others of the Authority to Tax -- Expectations of Cooperation and Compliance by Others -- The Probability of Actual Compliance -- Conclusion -- The Legitimacy of Groups and the Problem of Order -- References -- Commentary: Contrasts and Complementarities -- 16 Social Order from the Bottom Up? -- The Shared Intellectual Background -- Microfoundations -- Social Contexts and Order-Enhancing Mechanisms -- Sources of Fragility -- Scaling Up -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-43397-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-07675-7
Language:
English
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