Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Tables
Preface
Introduction
Harmony, Unanimity, and Collective Decision Making
Hamlet Society and Productive Exchange Relations
The Paradox of Price
Defection-reducing Mechanisms
Forms of Exchange and Defection Reduction
Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Rate of Exchange
Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decision Making
Chapter 3: Hamlet Social Organization and Financial Structure
Hamlet Membership and Recruitment
Hamlet Internal Organization
Hamlet Offices
Subhamlet Groups
Funding the Hamlet
Chapter 4: Decisions
Case 1: Softball Equipment
Case 2: seimaiki (Rice Polisher)
Case 3: Fire Pump
Case 4: City Water
Case 5: Fire Extinguishers, Gas Rings, and a Rice Cooker
Case 6: The English Class
Case 7: The Usoda bon odori
Chapter 5: Decisions: Division and Solidarity in Hamlet Society
Decision Mode and Participant Orientation
Minimal Criteria for Consent
Hidden Costs and Structural Implications
Incommensurability of Issues
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Notes to Chapters
Bibliography