Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/e4RX7e Principles of Group Solidarity By: Michael Hechter Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520064621, 0520064623 eText ISBN: 9780520908970, 052090897X Edition: 1st Pages: 288 Copyright year: 1988 Format: PDF Available from $ 31.95 USD SKU 9780520908970 Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a theory of solidarity based on the action of rational individuals and in doing so he goes beyond the timeworn disciplinary boundaries separating the various social sciences.