Information and Organizations

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Information and Organizations California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy Edited by Brian Barry, Robert H. Bates, and Samuel L. Popkin 1. Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies, by Robert H. Bates 2. Political Economics, by James E. Alt and K. Alec Chrystal 3. Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, by Kristin Luker 4. Hard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career, and Motherhood, by Kathleen Gerson 5. Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences, edited by Roger Noll 6. Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts, by Carol A. Heimer 7. Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy, by Forrest D. Colburn 8. Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa, by Robert H. Bates 9. Peasants and King in Burgundy: Agrarian Foundations of French Absolutism, by Hilton L. Root 10. The Causal Theory of Justice, by Karol Edward Soltan 11. Principles of Group Solidarity, by Michael Hechter 12. Political Survival: Politicians and Public Policy in Latin America, by Barry Ames 13. Of Rule and Revenue, by Margaret Levi 14. Toward a Political Economy of Development: A Rational Choice Perspective, edited by Robert H. Bates 15. Rainbows End: Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985, by Steven P. Erie 16. A Treatise on SocialJustice, Volume 1, Theories of Justice, by Brian Barry 17. The Social Origins of Political Regionalism: France, 1849-1981, by William Brustein 18. Nested Games: Rational Choice in Comparative Politics, by George Tsebelis 19. Information and Organizations, by Arthur L. Stinchcombe Information and Organizations ARTHUR L. STINCHCOMBE University of California Press BERKELEY LOS ANGELES OXFORD This book is a print-on-demand volume. It is manufactured using toner in place of ink. Type and images may be less sharp than the same material seen in traditionally printed University of California Press editions. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. Oxford, England© 1990 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stinchcombe, Arthur L. Information and organizations / Arthur L. Stinchcombe. p. cm.—(California series on social choice and political economy ; 19) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-520-06780-0 (alk. paper).-—ISBN 0-520-06781-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Industrial sociology. 2. Industrial organization. 3. Organizational behavior. 4. Management information systems. 5. Uncertainty. I. Title. II. Series. HD6955.S84 1990 658.4'038—dc20 89-20289 CIP Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed LibraryMaterials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ©™ ...