The economics of hate
By: Samuel Cameron
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham, U.K; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781848445970
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Social capital (Sociology); SOCIAL SCIENCE; Popular Culture; Economics; Externalities (Economics); Anthropology; Cultural; Economic man; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Cultural Policy; Hate
Description: Explores the application of economics to the subject of hate via such diverse topics as war, terrorism, road rage, witchcraft mania, marriage and divorce and bullying and harassment. This title looks at emotions as a form of personal capital and hate as a form of 'negative social capital'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Towards the economics of hate; title: The quiet and peaceful world of microeconomics (QPWM); title: Why is hate like raspberry jam? : hatred in conventional microeconomics; title: Widening the economic approach to hate; title: Applied hate in the material world at the individual level; title: Hate in the air : the economics of psychic possession; title: Phobias, -isms and schisms : group hate; title: Is conflict resolution theory relevant?; title: Is there a policy conclusion?