Social Dynamics

Bys: Christopher Ansell and Steven N. Durlauf

Book Overview

Economists have traditionally studied aggregate behavior as the outcome of individual decisions made interactively, while sociologists have focused on the role of social influences on individual behavior. Over the past decade, however, the barriers between the disciplines have broken down, resulting in the new area of social economics. Social economics is based on the assumption that individuals are directly influenced by the choices and characteristics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262541769
• ISBN13: 9780262541763
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher