Group Behaviour and Development: Is the Market Destroying Cooperation?

Some groups function well, from the perspectives of equity, efficiency, and well-being, while others do not. This book explores why. It covers groups that perform three types of function: overcoming market failures (e.g. producer organizations); improving the position of their members (e.g. Trade Unions), and distributing resources to the less well-off (e.g. NGOs and the public sector). It contrasts three modes of group behaviour: power and control; cooperation; and the use of material incentives. It explores what determines modes of behaviour of groups, and the consequences for efficiency, equity, and well-being.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199256926
• ISBN13: 9780199256921
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"