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Dynamics of Groups and Social Order: Insights into Human Interaction

Explore how groups shape societal dynamics through cooperation, cohesion, and solidarity while navigating self-interest and unpredictability in social interactions. Learn from key social theorists and discover the impact of group cohesion on societal norms and behaviors.

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Dynamics of Groups and Social Order: Insights into Human Interaction

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  1. Groups and Social Order I Dan Ryan Fall 2012 Division of Social Sciences

  2. Previously • Laissez-faire ("just let them alone") approach to market society • attractive b/c it appears supra-political and built on human “nature” but • (1) boom and bust • (2) most efficient use of resources may be socially optimal but defer redistribution

  3. Chaos Unregulated Self-interested Interaction Cooperation Predictability Contingent Conditions

  4. Society is Clumpy • What is a group? • two or more humans • who interact • share similar characteristics • collectively have a sense of unity/identity • interdependence or objective similarity

  5. Cohesion and Solidarity

  6. Dependence and Obligation

  7. Quick View • Goffman – division of society into groups/categories can lead to suboptimal outcomes • Freud – infant socialization internalizes parent as censor making humans capable of being in society • Durkheim – individual behavior follows on level of attachment to group and level of group regulation • Tocqueville – groups not a threat to state, but a practice ground • Hechter – groups vary in terms of what they offer and what they demand • Coleman – “selfish” incentive to control behavior with externalities • Horne – why waste effort sanctioning? In cohesive groups it is rewarded • Olson – small groups can overcome free rider problem by mutual surveillance and selective incentives • Hechter et al. – groups handle a lot of the order production • Centolaet al. – groups can foster enforcement of unpopular norms

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