Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies Export

@article{citeulike:2931198, abstract = {The paper defends the idea that strong reciprocity, although it accounts for the existence of deep cooperation among humans, has difficulty explaining why humans lived for most of their history in band-size groups and why the emergence of larger societies was accompanied by increased social differentiation and political centralization. The paper argues that the costs of incurring an altruistic punishment rise in large groups and that the emergence of large-scale societies depends on the creation of institutions that render control of these costs possible through a social division of sanction. 10.1177/0048393108315509}, author = {Dubreuil, Benoit}, citeulike-article-id = {2931198}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0048393108315509}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pos.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/2/192}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0048393108315509}, journal = {Philosophy of the Social Sciences}, keywords = {benkler, berkman, cooperation, open, reciprocity, sociology}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {192--210}, posted-at = {2008-06-26 15:33:36}, priority = {2}, title = {Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0048393108315509}, volume = {38}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2931198 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2931198 N2 - The paper defends the idea that strong reciprocity, although it accounts for the existence of deep cooperation among humans, has difficulty explaining why humans lived for most of their history in band-size groups and why the emergence of larger societies was accompanied by increased social differentiation and political centralization. The paper argues that the costs of incurring an altruistic punishment rise in large groups and that the emergence of large-scale societies depends on the creation of institutions that render control of these costs possible through a social division of sanction. 10.1177/0048393108315509 IS - 2 JF - Philosophy of the Social Sciences EP - 210 TI - Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies VL - 38 SP - 192 KW - benkler KW - berkman KW - cooperation KW - open KW - reciprocity KW - sociology AU - Dubreuil, Benoit PY - 2008/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0048393108315509 ER -