The dynamics of norms
By: edited by Cristina Bicchieri, Richard Jeffrey, Brian Skyrms.
Contributors: Bicchieri, Cristina.; Jeffrey, Richard C.; Skyrms, Brian.
Series: Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Social norms.; Social norms -- Mathematical models.
Description: In the social sciences norms are sometimes taken to play a key explanatory role. Yet norms differ from group to group, from society to society, and from species to species. How are norms formed and how do they change?

This "state-of-the-art" collection of essays presents some of the best contemporary research into the dynamical processes underlying the formation, maintenance, metamorphosis, and dissolution of norms. The volume combines formal modeling with more traditional analysis, and considers biological and cultural evolution, individual learning, and rational deliberation.

In filling a significant gap in the current literature this volume will be of particular interest to economists, political scientists, and sociologists, in addition to philosophers of the social sciences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.