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| Social norms: Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by which members of a society or group are expected to conform. These informal understandings govern individual behavior, influencing actions and decisions based on societal expectations. Norms can be unspoken or explicitly articulated, and they play a crucial role in maintaining order and predictability within social interactions. See also Society, Norms, Behavior, Social behavior, Expectations, Community._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Cass R. Sunstein on Social Norms - Dictionary of Arguments
Parisi I 471 Social norms/Sunstein: Sunstein (1996)(1) considers convergence to one stable norm as a “bandwagon” or “cascade” effect. People hide their true preferences for fear of getting a social sanction if their belief is different from the social norm. >Preferences, >Norms, >Coordination, >Social behavior, >Society. CarbonaraVsSunstein: Carbonara et al. (2008)(2) consider instead a theory encompassing more possible outcomes, and explaining a wider variety of possible reactions to legal innovation. Instead of converging to a single social norm, another possibility is that different groups of people converge to different social norms. Here there are different stable equilibriums, and individuals in one group proceed towards one of them, while individuals in another group proceed towards another one. Individuals cluster around different beliefs and multiple social norms coexist in the community, one for each cluster. At the limit, society may end up very polarized, with people clustering around opposite social norms. >Group behavior. 1. Sunstein, Cass R. (1996). “On the Expressive Function of Law.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review 144: 2021–2053. 2. Carbonara, E., F. Parisi, and G. von Wangenheim (2008). “Legal Innovation and the Compliance Paradox.” Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology 9: 837–860. Emanuela Carbonara. “Law and Social Norms”. In: Parisi, Francesco (ed) (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. Vol 1: Methodology and Concepts. NY: Oxford University._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Sunstein I Cass R. Sunstein Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge Oxford 2008 Sunstein II Cass R. Sunstein #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media Princeton 2017 Parisi I Francesco Parisi (Ed) The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics: Volume 1: Methodology and Concepts New York 2017 |
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