The Rebel's Dilemma(English, Paperback, Lichbach Mark I.)

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The Rebel's Dilemma(English, Paperback, Lichbach Mark I.) is written by Lichbach Mark I. and published by The University of Michigan Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0472085743 (ISBN 10) and 9780472085743 (ISBN 13).

Since the mid 1960s, theorists have elaborated over two dozen different solutions to the collection action problem. During much of this same period, students of conflict have explored many questions about protest and rebellion. The Rebel's Dilemma examines what happens when one brings the full richness of collective action theories to bear on the many complex problems of collective dissent. ". . . a significant contribution to the understanding of collective behavior, protest, and rebellion." --Choice "The book is interesting and thought-provoking, and its insights extend beyond the narrow subject of rebellion to help illuminate many issues related to organizing groups to undertake collective action." --Public Choice "[Lichbach's] book is monumental and pivotal. . . . [It] consolidates over three decades of research on collective action problems and sets the agenda for future studies of collective dissent and rebellion. . . . [This] book is a major step forward. It will have an enormous impact in the field of conflict studies and belongs on the shelf of anyone even casually interested in dissent, rebellion, and revolution. . . . [This] book is a major step forward. It will have an enormous impact in the field of conflict studies and belongs on the shelf of anyone even casually interested in dissent, rebellion, and revolution." --American Political Science Review "For scholars interested in game-theoretic analyses of politics . . . essential reading." --Manus I. Midlarsky, Journal of Politics "Lichbach has to be praised for providing valuable insight on the logic of collective dissent. . . ." --Political Studies Mark Irving Lichbach is Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado.