The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents constrain one another, making it hard for anyone to change their position. They discover new routines the best of which may later be institutionalized. Competition is a solvent… (more)
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften (July 25, 2017)
Collection: Studies in Politics, Security and Society
Format: EPUB
Page count: 285 pages
Protection: DRM
Language: English