Cogs in Collective Action: The 2022 Skytte Lecture

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Perspectives on Politics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1017/S1537592723000968

Robert E. Goodin

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Abstract

Collective action can be motivated in many different ways. Here I point to a new and perhaps surprising one: by, in effect, telling people that the group is powerful and likely to achieve its goal, precisely because each of them is an inessential, interchangeable part in it. Given people’s desire to be part (even if a superfluous part) of a winning group, that can be a powerful motivator for people to join in a collective action.

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集体行动中的齿轮2022 年 Skytte 讲座

集体行动可以有许多不同的动机。在这里，我指出了一个新的，也许令人惊讶的方法:实际上，告诉人们，这个群体是强大的，有可能实现它的目标，正是因为他们每个人都是一个无关紧要的，可互换的部分。考虑到人们渴望成为获胜团队的一部分(即使是多余的一部分)，这可能是人们加入集体行动的强大动力。

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Perspectives on Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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6.00

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313

期刊介绍： Perspectives on Politics is a journal of broad interest to scholars across many fields, in addition to professional political scientists, political analysts, policy makers, and the informed public. Essays synthesize and extend significant research and developments in all dimensions of political science scholarship. In many cases, the journal aims to connect research findings, conceptual innovations, or theoretical developments to real problems of politics.