In the social sciences norms are sometimes taken to play a key explanatory role. Yet norms
differ from group to group, from society to society, and from species to species. How are …

Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until
recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicit and correlational support for the role of …

Norms are prescribed conducts applied by the majority of people. Getting across cultures
and centuries, norms evolved to rule all human relationships, from the most formal to the …

NO CONCEPT is invoked more often by social scientists in the explanation of human
behavior than'norm'"(Sills 1968, 208). Particularly for sociologists, norms are fundamental …

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The words we use matter. The concept of a social norm exists in many social and behavioral
science disciplines and research traditions (1). Because the general term “social norm” is a …

IN THIS final chapter, we consider the extent to which the empirical analyses in part II of this
volume point the way to a theory of the emergence of norms. ¹ First, we explore some of the …

Norms are a pervasive yet mysterious feature of social life. In Explaining Norms, four
philosophers and social scientists team up to grapple with some of the many mysteries …

We review theoretical approaches for modelling the origin, persistence and change of social
norms. The most comprehensive models describe the coevolution of behaviours, personal …

The social science literature abounds with unconnected and, so it seems, diverse
propositions about the emergence of norms. This article sets out to show that many of these …