From Plural to Institutional Agency
Collective Action II
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 October 2017
- ISBN 9780198789994
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 241x165x25 mm
- Weight 640 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Kirk Ludwig presents a philosophical account of institutional action, such as action by corporations and nation states. He argues that it can be fully understood in terms of the agency of individuals, and concepts derived from our understanding of individual action. He thus argues for a strong form of methodological individualism.
MoreLong description:
Kirk Ludwig presents a philosophical account of institutional action, such as action by corporations and nation states, arguing that it can be understood exhaustively in terms of the agency of individuals and concepts constructed out of materials that are already at play in our understanding of individual action. He thus argues for a strong form of methodological individualism. The book provides a new account of the logical form of grammatically singular group action sentences (e.g. 'Company laid off 10,000 workers'), and features new analyses of the concepts of a constitutive rule, status function, status role, collective acceptance, and proxy agency. He also provides an analysis of the structure of corporate action, including the status of corporations as legal persons, and of the nature of state action in relation to its citizens. This is the companion volume to From Individual to Plural Agency (OUP 2016), extending the multiple-agents account of collective action set out in the earlier volume.
A clear introductory chapter summarizes the methods and argument of the first volume, so this second volume can be read independently, though scholars in the field will certainly want to read both volumes ... Recommended.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Plural Agency
Singular Group Agents
The Distributive/Collective Ambiguity in Singular Group Action Sentences
The Apparent Autonomy of Singular Group Agents
Essentially Intentional Action Types
Constitutive Rules and Agency
Status Functions as Agentive Functions
Status Functions and Conventions
Kinds of Status Functions
Group Membership
Declarations and Status Functions
The Division of Labor and Proxy Agency
Corporations
Nation States
Summary and Conclusion
