<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A remarkably new departure in sociology [that] is likely to bring new life into the whole discipline."--William H. Riker, University of Rochester<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a theory of solidarity based on the action of rational individuals and in doing so he goes beyond the timeworn disciplinary boundaries separating the various social sciences.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A remarkably new departure in sociology [that] is likely to bring new life into the whole discipline.--William H. Riker, University of Rochester<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"["Principles of Group Solidarity ] will be a great help in reducing the gap between Public Choice and economics on the one hand and sociology on the other. . . . Hechter emphatically is . . . a perceptive sociologist."--Gordon Tullock, "Public Choice<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Michael Hechter</b> is Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona.
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