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Soft Incentives and Collective Action: Participation in the Anti-Nuclear Movement

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The standard explanation of collective action in modern political economy can be outlined as follows: a collective (or public) good is only an incentive for a joint contribution to its provision, if those who benefit from the good at least perceive some influence arising from their contribution, the costs of contributing being otherwise greater than the benefits derived from it; otherwise joint efforts for the provision of the collective good will not ensue. If the good itself does not stimulate collective action, contributions will nevertheless occur when selective incentives become effective. These are benefits arising from contributing and/or costs resulting from no contribution being made.

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  • Opp, Karl-Dieter, 1986. "Soft Incentives and Collective Action: Participation in the Anti-Nuclear Movement," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 16(1), pages 87-112, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:16:y:1986:i:01:p:87-112_00
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    1. Edward N. Muller & Erich Weede, 1994. "Theories of Rebellion," Rationality and Society, , vol. 6(1), pages 40-57, January.
    2. Andreas P. Kyriacou, 2011. "Rational Irrationality and Group Size: The Effect of Biased Beliefs on Individual Contributions Towards Collective Goods," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 70(1), pages 109-130, January.
    3. David Johann & Markus Steinbrecher & Kathrin Thomas, 2020. "Channels of participation: Political participant types and personality," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(10), pages 1-13, October.
    4. Karl-Dieter Opp, 2012. "Collective identity, rationality and collective political action," Rationality and Society, , vol. 24(1), pages 73-105, February.
    5. Karl-Dieter Opp, 1994. "Repression and Revolutionary Action," Rationality and Society, , vol. 6(1), pages 101-138, January.
    6. Carole Uhlaner, 1989. "“Relational goods” and participation: Incorporating sociability into a theory of rational action," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 253-285, September.
    7. Charles Blankart, 1987. "Presidential address Fourteen years of European Public Choice Society research," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 3-14, January.
    8. Karl-Dieter Opp, 1997. "Norms, Rationalizations and Collective Political Action. A Rational Choice Perspective," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 133(II), pages 241-274, June.
    9. Karl-Dieter Opp, 1991. "Processes of Collective Political Action," Rationality and Society, , vol. 3(2), pages 215-251, April.

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