Social Control and Cooperation

There is a tendency in sociology to think of social control only in connection with breaking rules, coloring outside the lines, non-conformity to local customs and the like. There is a whole area that is typically overlooked — reciprocal policing of cooperation.

Olson, Mancur Logic of Collective Action
Axelrod on cooperation notes-r017-axelrod-evolution notes-r018-axelrod-live