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The Dark Side of the Force: Economic Foundations of Conflict Theory

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Dark Side of the Force: Economic Foundations of Conflict Theory
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jack Hirshleifer
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:366
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreEconomic theory and philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521804127
ClassificationsDewey:303.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 19 Tables, unspecified; 84 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 September 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The central tradition of mainline economics deals with one way of making a living; producing goods and services. But there is another way of getting ahead through conflict or the 'dark side', by appropriating what others have produced. Parallel to military aggression and resistance, the dark side includes non-military activities such as litigation, strikes and lockouts, takeover contests, and bureaucratic back-biting struggles. This volume brings the analysis of conflict into the mainstream of economics. Part I explores the causes, conduct, and consequences of conflict as an economic activity. Part II delves deeply into the evolutionary sources of our capacities, physical and mental, for both conflict and cooperation. The introductory chapter of the volume, which outlines the significance of the dark side, was the author's 1993 Presidential Address to the Western Economic Association. Other chapters investigate economic models, historical discussions, experimental tests, and applications to topics in political science and law.

Reviews

'... it is a very interesting collection ...'. Managerial and Decision Economics 'Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated on producing the volume just at the moment when considerations of conflict and the use of force are in the forefront of everyone's mind.' Journal of Economics