Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Theory -- 1 Why Another Book on Collective Action? -- 2 Rational-choice Models of Collective Action: A Generalization and Critical Assessment -- 3 The Method of Stability Sets -- 4 The Comparative Statics of Collective Action Problems -- II Applications -- 5 Clientelism as Political Monopoly -- 6 Wage Bargaining and Redistribution -- 7 Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.