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Sociology and game theory: Contemporary and historical perspectives [Book Review]

Richard Swedberg

Theory and Society 30 (3):301-335 (2001)

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Review essay: Prospects for economic sociology.Geoffrey M. Hodgson - 2008 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 38 (1):133-149.details Swedberg's two-volume collection of essays covering New Developments in Economic Sociology contains some excellent material, worthy of study by both economists and sociologists. However, there are definitional and conceptual problems in the whole project of "economic sociology" exacerbated by the disappearance of any consensus concerning the boundaries between the disciplines of sociology and economics. Neither has "economic sociology" acquired an adequately clear identity through the use of distinctive concepts or theories. Its future prospects are further questioned by recent changes within (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
The moral basis of prosperity and oppression: Altruism, other-regarding behaviour and identity.Kaushik Basu - 2010 - Economics and Philosophy 26 (2):189-216.details Much of economics is built on the assumption that individuals are driven by self-interest and economic development is an outcome of the free play of such individuals. On the few occasions that the existence of altruism is recognized in economics, the tendency is to build this from the axiom of individual selfishness. The aim of this paper is to break from this tradition and to treat as a primitive that individuals are endowed with the ‘cooperative spirit’, which allows them to (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations
The survival game: Impression management and strategies of survival under extreme conditions in a Soviet Gulag prison camp.Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, Urs Steiner Brandt & Gert Tinggaard Svendsen - forthcoming - Theory and Society:1-33.details How do people survive under extreme conditions? Will selfish, non-cooperating free-rider types – the solo players – have the best chances of surviving? Or would cooperating, hard-working types – the team players – have higher chances? All morale put aside, it is interesting to know whether non-cooperation or cooperation pays off in a game characterized by scarcity and hard competition for survival. A study of people in such a Hobbesian state of nature can also teach us important lessons about social (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Models as products of interdisciplinary exchange: Evidence from evolutionary game theory.Till Grüne-Yanoff - 2011 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 42 (2):386-397.details The development of evolutionary game theory is closely linked with two interdisciplinary exchanges: the import of game theory into biology, and the import of biologists’ version of game theory into economics. This paper traces the history of these two import episodes. In each case the investigation covers what exactly was imported, what the motives for the import were, how the imported elements were put to use, and how they related to existing practices in the respective disciplines. Two conclusions emerged from (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 16 citations
More than a Game: Sociological Theory from the Theories of Games.Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom & David R. Gibson - 2010 - Sociological Theory 28 (3):247-271.details Sociologists are fond of game metaphors. However, such metaphors rarely go beyond casual references to generic games. Yet games are little social systems, and each game offers a distinctive perspective on the relationship between rules and constraints, on the one side, and emergent order, on the other. In this article, we examine three games—chess, go, and poker—for sociological insights into contested social arenas such as markets, warfare, politics, and the professions. We describe each game's rules and emergent properties, and then (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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