Order on the Edge of Chaos by Edward J. Lawler, Shane R. Thye... - 9781107076754

Order on the Edge of ChaosSocial Psychology and the Problem of Social Order\nAuthor(s): Edward J. Lawler, Shane R. Thye, Jeongkoo Yoon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107076754, 978-1107076754\nSynopsis\nOrder and stability are tenuous and fragile. People have to work to create and sustain a semblance of stability and order in their lives and in their organizations and larger communities. Order on the Edge of Chaos compares different ideas about how we coordinate and cooperate. The ideas come from 'micro-sociology', and they offer new answers to the classic question of Thomas Hobbes: 'how is social order possible?' The most common answers in sociology, political science, and economics assume a fundamental tension between individual and group interests. This volume reveals that social orders are problematic even without such tension, because when people interact with each other, they verify the.