Coalitions and Alliances in Humans and Other Animals

by Harcourt, Alexander H.; Waal, Frans B. M. de

• ISBN13: 9780198542735
• ISBN10: 0198542739
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-04-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book explores in detail how and why animals, including humans, cooperate with one another in conflicts with other members of their own species, and examines the difference such help makes to their lives and to the nature of the societies in which they live.

Table of Contents

Coalitions and Alliances: A History of Ethological Research

Role of Alliances in Social Inheritance of Rank Among Female Primates

Effects of Availability of Allies on Female Dominance Structure

Conflict Intervention Behaviour by Adult Male Macaques

Coalition Formation in a Colony of Prepubertal Spotted Hyaenas

Segmentary `Warfare` and the Management of Conflict: Comparison of East African Chimpanzees and Patrilineal-Patrilocal Humans

Effects of Intragroup Cooperation in Intergroup Competition on In-Group Cohesion and Out-Group Hostility

Patterns of Intervention in Agonistic Contests Among Male Bonnet Macaques

Coalitions as Part of Reciprocal Relations in the Arnhem Chimpanzee Colony

Intervention in Conflicts Among Children

Coalition Formation Among Male Baboons: Shopping for Profitable Partners

Cooperation in Conflict: Alliances in International Politics

Cooperation in Competition: The Ecology of Primate Bonds

Sex Differences in Alliances and in the Acquisition and Maintenance of Dominance Rank

Dolphin Alliances and Coalitions

Coalitions and Alliances: Are Primates More Complex Than Non-Primates?

The Evolution of Reciprocity When Conditions Vary

Cooperation in Conflict: From Ants to Anthropoids

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