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Institutional Violations, Costs and Attitudes.
- Source :
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour . Jun2023, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p238-254. 17p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The paper proposes an alternative approach to the ontology of social institutions by systematizing various normative institutional influences and identifying processes that distinguish between conforming and violating behaviour. The prevailing – cost‐based model – suggests that an agent's conformity to a specific institutional rule can be represented by a single measure – cost. The model is limited in its explanatory potential since it accounts for varieties of institutional behaviour in terms of single parametrical changes in the agents' utilities. The central argument shows that normative attitudes represent a distinctive normative structure capable of explaining crucial aspects of institutional behaviour. These attitudinal aspects provide the structure necessary for understanding institutional normativity and its violations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*SOCIAL institutions
*CHANGE agents
*COST
*CONFORMITY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218308
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164064574
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12363