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The Cement of Society: A Study of Social Order (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) (Record no. 612671)
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| fixed length control field | 01072nam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260215s2026##################000#0#eng## |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521376075 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | pbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.4 |
| Item number | ELS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Elster, Jon |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Cement of Society: A Study of Social Order (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /Jon Elster |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge Univ Pr |
| Year of publication | 1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 320p,; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The question addressed in this challenging new book is: What binds societies together and prevents them from disintegrating into chaos and war? Elster analyzes two concepts of social order: stable, predictable patterns of behavior, and cooperative behavior. The book examines various aspects of collective action and bargaining from the perspective of rational choice theory and the theory of social norms. It is a fundamental assumption of the book that social norms provide an important kind of motivation for action that is irreducible to rationality. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | sociology |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 3RD FLOOR, B WING | 15.02.2026 | 303.4 ELS | 233287 | 15.02.2026 | English Books |