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No contest : the case against competition

Title
  1. No contest : the case against competition / Alfie Kohn.
Published by
  1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
Author
  1. Kohn, Alfie.

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Description
  1. viii, 257 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. The author contends that competition is inherently destructive and should be replaced with cooperation.
Subject
  1. Competition (Psychology)
  2. Cooperativeness
  3. Aggressiveness
  4. Social interaction > United States
  5. Social interaction
  6. Competitive Behavior
  7. Cooperative Behavior
  8. Aggression
  9. Interpersonal Relations
  10. Aggressiveness
  11. Cooperativeness
  12. Social interaction
  13. Interaktion
  14. Kooperatives Verhalten
  15. Psychologie
  16. Wettbewerbsverhalten
  17. United States
Contents
  1. 1. The "number one" obsession -- 2. Is competition inevitable? -- 3. Is competition more productive? -- 4. Is competition more enjoyable? -- 5. Does competition build character? -- 6. Against each other -- 7. The logic of playing dirty -- 8. Women and competition -- 9. Beyond competition.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 229-246.