This topic explores how collectives form boundaries and maintain coherence, the political technologies of inclusion/exclusion, and the science behind group identity formation. When do groups benefit from separation vs. engagement with larger systems?

• Hirschman, Albert O. "Exit, voice, and the state." World Politics 31, no. 1 (1978): 90-107

• Introduction from Ruti, Mari. The ethics of opting out: Queer theory's defiant subjects

• B.F. Skinner – Walden Two