Individual Participation in Collective Racial Violence
A Rational Choice Synthesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3583294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T David Mason (0000-0003-2953-624X, Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1040-1056 |
| Publication date | 1984-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1955806 |
| OpenAlex | W2330602250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 38 |
Existing rational choice treatments of collective violence have consistently discounted the role of the public goods component of the individual's decision calculus about whether or not to participate in such acts. By assuming free rider effects with respect to the public goods, these theories are unable to account for the initial inception of violence or for the later nonlooting behaviors that constitute aspects of a riot and, indeed, are preconditions for the inception of looting, the only riot behavior for which these theories can offer any explanation. Five dimensions of discrimination are defined in rational choice terms and their elimination (or reduction) is defined as the creation of a public good. I use existing theories of individual contributions to the provision of public goods to demonstrate that free rider effects need not be assumed and that the inception of a riot and later nonlooting riot behaviors can best be explained as individual contributions to the provision of the public goods represented by the elimination of the several forms of discrimination
Arrow · Criminology · Economics · Free rider problem · Free riding · Law and economics · Looting · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public choice · Public economics · Public good · Rational choice theory (criminology · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2023 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |