Structure and agency: themes from experimental economics

TY - CHAP

T1 - Structure and agency

T2 - themes from experimental economics

AU - Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Editor and Contributors Severally 2020. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/1/1

Y1 - 2020/1/1

N2 - This chapter examines some of what is known about the interplay between structure and agency from experiments. It focuses on aspects of social identity and the influence of contextual governance arrangements in individual decision making. The experiments provide insights into important contemporary explanatory debates around diversity and solidarity, the prospects for redistributive politics and the possible "death of democracy". They also point to an important issue in prescriptive political economy: should recommendations apply to procedures or outcomes?

AB - This chapter examines some of what is known about the interplay between structure and agency from experiments. It focuses on aspects of social identity and the influence of contextual governance arrangements in individual decision making. The experiments provide insights into important contemporary explanatory debates around diversity and solidarity, the prospects for redistributive politics and the possible "death of democracy". They also point to an important issue in prescriptive political economy: should recommendations apply to procedures or outcomes?

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108647937&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4337/9781789903072.00012

DO - 10.4337/9781789903072.00012

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85108647937

SN - 9781789903065

SP - 107

EP - 120

BT - A Research Agenda for Critical Political Economy

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

ER -