Collective action 2 W6

Justice as a stag hunt

we all want a just society but we need some assurance that everyone is going to pursue justice

NE in coordination games

at least two NE in coordination games, can be chosen by which the the focal point - people tend to choose, issue: sometimes people pursue the hare

Foot binding

Mackie, regulation did not originally work as foot-binding became a positional good, solution to have pledge groups then education campaigns

Revolutions

payoffs associated with revolution change and number of cooperaters reach a point where it becomes rational for each person to join revolution - where C meets D

Risk-dominant

players will receive a lower penalty for mistakenly choosing their strategy - less risky to not cooperate in a revolution than to protest in an unsuccessful one

Mackie Graph

k - minimum number of people required to be better off together choosing natural feet, L - utility of choosing footbinding, r - utility of choosing natural feet, ‘ - new payoffs - education campaign, T- point at which marriage market tips to either footbinding or natural feet 

elite coordination

leadership and coordinated opposition are important to reaching tipping point, without k-group revolution or overthrow is rare, opposition parties are often involved in games of chicken