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• catalog abstract "When Strangers Cooperate - a classic example of the humanistic sociological essay - is the first book to examine and explore the largely unconscious operation of social conventions. Management professor and former government official David W. Brown explains that conventions evolve in diverse ways, from the seemingly random and spontaneous (pedestrians crossing a busy street), to those crafted to address unfulfilled needs (self-help groups), to rules established by central authority (bans on public smoking). Brown argues that American society is stubbornly resistant to establishing permanent new conventions; the ideology of "rugged individualism" and a marked tendency to "pass the buck," he believes, damage our ability to create the sort of flexible, organic customs that could potentially mitigate a wide range of serious social problems. Since so many of these crises result from a breakdown of established conventions, Brown contends that we must make a self-conscious effort to promote and fortify voluntary social arrangements. Brown casts a wide net, giving recommendations of how unwritten conventions can reform society in myriad ways: taking back urban streets with different forms of community policing; strengthening families by modifying work arrangements - for example, encouraging telecommuting; rebuilding crumbling public education with a renewed emphasis on collaborative learning and teamwork. At a time when government seems able only to accomplish less while consuming ever more resources - with the result that public faith in government is at an all-time low - Brown provides new groundwork for addressing our most intractable social problems.".
• catalog contributor b8038238.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: "Sweet Land of Liberty": So Many Strangers -- 1. When Strangers Cooperate: Everyday Conventions -- 2. How Footpaths Get Started: The Origins of Conventions -- 3. "It's a Free Country": The Obstacles to Developing Conventions -- 4. Talking to Strangers: New Telecommunication Networks -- 5. What If Everyone. . .? The Possibility of New Conventions.".
• catalog description "Since so many of these crises result from a breakdown of established conventions, Brown contends that we must make a self-conscious effort to promote and fortify voluntary social arrangements. Brown casts a wide net, giving recommendations of how unwritten conventions can reform society in myriad ways: taking back urban streets with different forms of community policing; strengthening families by modifying work arrangements - for example, encouraging telecommuting; rebuilding crumbling public education with a renewed emphasis on collaborative learning and teamwork. At a time when government seems able only to accomplish less while consuming ever more resources - with the result that public faith in government is at an all-time low - Brown provides new groundwork for addressing our most intractable social problems.".
• catalog description "When Strangers Cooperate - a classic example of the humanistic sociological essay - is the first book to examine and explore the largely unconscious operation of social conventions. Management professor and former government official David W. Brown explains that conventions evolve in diverse ways, from the seemingly random and spontaneous (pedestrians crossing a busy street), to those crafted to address unfulfilled needs (self-help groups), to rules established by central authority (bans on public smoking). Brown argues that American society is stubbornly resistant to establishing permanent new conventions; the ideology of "rugged individualism" and a marked tendency to "pass the buck," he believes, damage our ability to create the sort of flexible, organic customs that could potentially mitigate a wide range of serious social problems.".
• catalog extent "214 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "When strangers cooperate.".
• catalog identifier "0029048753".
• catalog isFormatOf "When strangers cooperate.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
• catalog relation "When strangers cooperate.".
• catalog subject "302/.14 20".
• catalog subject "Communities.".
• catalog subject "Cooperativeness.".
• catalog subject "HM131 .B7158 1995".
• catalog subject "Individualism.".
• catalog subject "Interpersonal relations.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: "Sweet Land of Liberty": So Many Strangers -- 1. When Strangers Cooperate: Everyday Conventions -- 2. How Footpaths Get Started: The Origins of Conventions -- 3. "It's a Free Country": The Obstacles to Developing Conventions -- 4. Talking to Strangers: New Telecommunication Networks -- 5. What If Everyone. . .? The Possibility of New Conventions.".
• catalog title "When strangers cooperate : using social conventions to govern ourselves / David W. Brown.".
• catalog type "text".