Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 64, Issue 4, p. 1250-1252
ISSN: 0022-3816
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 64, Issue 4, p. 1250-1252
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The journal of development studies, Volume 36, Issue 5, p. 105-134
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Volume 49, Issue 2, p. 206-220
ISSN: 1884-2755
In: Anarchist studies, Volume 5, Issue 2, p. 162-168
ISSN: 0967-3393
In: Journal of theoretical politics, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 527-562
ISSN: 1460-3667
Ignoring the impact of changes in physical capital on a form of social capital - the rules used in farmer-organized irrigation systems - can lead to the unintended consequence that the physical capital is not as productive as intended. Analysis focuses on the choice of rules made by farmers in homogeneous and heterogeneous situations. Using this analysis, it is possible to illustrate why many donor-funded improvements in physical capital have had counterproductive results.
In: Journal of theoretical politics, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 527-562
ISSN: 0951-6298
In: European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 201-216
In: Public choice, Volume 60, Issue 3, p. 294-297
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 51, Issue 4, p. 1038-1040
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: International affairs, Volume 64, Issue 4, p. 696-967
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Journal of peace research, Volume 20, Issue 4, p. 343-355
ISSN: 0022-3433
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In: Behavioral science, Volume 16, Issue 5, p. 472-481
In: Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities, p. 61-86
In: The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, p. 417-419
In: Structural analysis in the social sciences
Political revolutions, economic meltdowns, mass ideological conversions and collective innovation adoptions occur often, but when they do happen, they tend to be the least expected. Based on the paradigm of 'leading from the periphery', this groundbreaking analysis offers an explanation for such spontaneity and apparent lack of leadership in contentious collective action. Contrary to existing theories, the author argues that network effects in collective action originating from marginal leaders can benefit from a total lack of communication. Such network effects persist in isolated islands of contention instead of overarching action cascades, and are shown to escalate in globally dispersed, but locally concentrated networks of contention. This is a trait that can empower marginal leaders and set forth social dynamics distinct from those originating in the limelight. Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action provides evidence from two Middle Eastern uprisings, as well as behavioral experiments of collective risk-taking in social networks