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Mr. Lichbach was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1951. He is a son of Joseph and Frances Lichbach
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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. 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.
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Social order results from a complex interaction of individual actions, institutional structures, and cultural norms. But just how do they relate to one another, and is any one factor predominant? The answers that social science has provided reflect the competing paradigms of the rationalist, structuralist, and culturalist approaches. In this innovative book, two prominent social scientists coming from competing research traditions attempt to chart a course between them, drawing on their respective strengths to present a new model based on a classificatory scheme of market/community/contract/hierarchy. The discussion, which includes a closing dialogue between the authors, covers both methodological and empirical issues, with a review of classic theories of revolution and an analysis of the process of relegitimation following the French Revolution and the Dutch Revolt against the Hapsburgs.
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Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' with his normative 'dream of a free and rational society'. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups and democracies. Second, three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: in building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?
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Mr. Lichbach was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1951. He is a son of Joseph and Frances Lichbach
Mark Lichbach graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1973. In 1975 he finished Brown University with Master of Arts. In 1978 Mr. Lichbach obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from Northwestern University.
Mr. Lichbach worked at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, holding the post of an instructor in political science, since 1977. From 1978 to 1984 he was appointed assistant professor at University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago. Between 1984 and 1991 he was an associate professor of political science at the same university.
From 1991 till 1994 Mark Lichbach occupied the post of an associate professor at University of Colorado, Boulder, professor of political science since 1994, and later member of executive committee, Conflict and Peace Studies Program. In 1981 he became a guest scientist at Wissenschafts-zentrum (Berlin, Germany). He is also known to be a writer of several books.
Mark Lichbach was a contributor of about thirty articles and reviews to journals, including World Politics, Rationality and Society, Theory and Decision, Defence Economics, World Politics, and Journal of Conflict Resolution; book review editor, American Political Science Review; member of editorial board of Political Research Quarterly, International Interactions, and International Studies Quarterly.
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Quotations: "I am a theorist interested in social choice and a comparativist interested in European politics. As such, I explore the connections between collective action theories and political conflict, as well as the connections between collective choice theories and democratic institutions. Regime Change and the Coherence of European Governments is a study of the development of democratic institutions. The Rebel's Dilemma is a study of protest and rebellion from a collective action perspective. The Cooperator's Dilemma is a conceptual and theoretical evaluation of the collective action research program."
Mark Lichbach married his wife Faye on August 1, 1982. The couple has two children: Sammi Jo, Ossi.