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Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a theory of solidarity based on the action of rational individuals and in doing so he goes beyond the timeworn disciplinary boundaries separating the various social sciences.

Solidarity. --- Social groups. --- Social choice. --- Social control. --- allegiance. --- associations. --- belonging. --- class status. --- class. --- collective bargaining. --- collective goods. --- collective responsibility. --- collectivism. --- communities. --- compliance. --- dependence. --- ethnicity. --- family. --- group identity. --- group solidarity. --- intentional communities. --- labor market. --- loyalty. --- markets. --- party solidarity. --- personal identity. --- political parties. --- politicians. --- politics. --- race and identity. --- rational choice. --- rational egoism. --- rational individuals. --- social contract. --- social order. --- social science. --- society. --- sociology. --- solidarity.