When Strangers Cooperate: Using Social Conventions to Govern Ourselves
David W. Brown
214 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0029048753
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Language: English
Publish: June 1, 1995
A sociological essay examines unspoken social agreements known as conventions, explaining how they originate, how they are used to solve problems, and how they can be created to address current concerns such as energy consumption, public health, and race relations.