The grammar of society

The Nature and Dynamics of Social Norms

Bibliographic Data

ID19988619
AuthorsCristina Bicchieri (0000-0002-1776-861X, corresponding author)
Year2006
Pages278
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe grammar of society (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511616037
OpenAlexW2995032150
ISBN9780511616037
Open LibraryOL3394908M
LanguageEN
Citations received508

In The Grammar of Society, first published in 2006, Cristina Bicchieri examines social norms, such as fairness, cooperation, and reciprocity, in an effort to understand their nature and dynamics, the expectations that they generate, and how they evolve and change. Drawing on several intellectual traditions and methods, including those of social psychology, experimental economics and evolutionary game theory, Bicchieri provides an integrated account of how social norms emerge, why and when we follow them, and the situations where we are most likely to focus on relevant norms. Examining the existence and survival of inefficient norms, she demonstrates how norms evolve in ways that depend upon the psychological dispositions of the individual and how such dispositions may impair social efficiency. By contrast, she also shows how certain psychological propensities may naturally lead individuals to evolve fairness norms that closely resemble those we follow in most modern societies

Economics · Epistemology · Grammar · Linguistics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Normes sociales · Social norms · Social sciences