Social Coordination and Public Policy

Roberta Q. Herzberg is distinguished senior fellow in the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.Gavin Roberts is assistant professor of economics at Weber State University.Brianne Wolf is assistant professor of political theory and constitutional democracy at Michigan State University.

• Introduction: Social Coordination and Public Policy: Explorations in Theory and Practice by Roberta Q. Herzberg, Gavin Roberts, and Brianne WolfPart I: Theories and Methods of Social CoordinationChapter 1: Social Coordination in a Complex Society: A Framework for Action by Emily Chamlee-WrightChapter 2: Rawls, Hayek, Buchanan, and Social Justice: From Rules to Recognition by Alexander KöhlerChapter 3: Are RCTs Missing a Point? Local Knowledge and ComputerAssisted Learning Interventions by Carlos NoyolaPart II: Case Studies in Social CoordinationChapter 4: Destruction to Beauty: The Polycentric Adaptive Reuse of the Torpedo Factory by Olivia GonzalezChapter 5: Local Constituencies, Lobbying, and the Fight to Keep Local Bases Open during the 2005 Round of Base Closure and Realignment by Julie Thompson-GomezChapter 6: Social Media and Social Movements: How Technology Has Aided Coordination by Ellen HamlettChapter 7: Stakeholder Primacy as a New Institutional Framework for the Entrepreneurial Ma

How do people effectively coordinate to achieve their diverse goals? The papers in this volume make important contributions to answering this question. Drawing on the framework provided by mainline economics, the contributors offer novel theoretical and applied insights into what facilitates social cooperation, and what constitutes effective public policy. Both scholars and policymakers will find benefit from this important volume.