Perspectivas Analíticas E Programas De Pesquisa Sobre a Cooperação Social

Abstract

This article examines theoretical frameworks that rival in his way of explaining social cooperation. Two different perspectives are presented through research of Jean Piaget and authors of the rational choice theory. As the first means cooperation from the moral cognitive structures, the second sees it as the result of coordination of interests of rational actors. After presenting recent publications in the field of cooperation, are exposed and compared the main theoretical perspectives already mentioned, identifying their contribution to the understanding of cooperative phenomena, their points of convergence and distancing. We list the main research programs derived from the theoretical premises of Piaget and the authors of the rational choice theory.