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collective action — Action taken by a group (either directly or on its behalf through an organization) in pursuit of members perceived shared interests. It seems logical to expect that people who have an interest in common will act on it for example that pensioners… … Dictionary of sociology
Collective action — Sociology … Wikipedia
Collective Action — Kollektives Handeln (Collective Action) ist, wenn mehrere Personen ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgen, von dem dann die gesamte Gesellschaft profitiert. Der Begriff wird vorwiegend in den Sozialwissenschaften, insbesondere der Ökonomik verwandt. Hier … Deutsch Wikipedia
Collective Action Theory and IOS — The collective action theory was first published by Mancur Olson in 1965. He argues that any group of individuals attempting to provide a public good has got troubles to do so efficiently. On the one hand individuals have got incentives to free… … Wikipedia
Collective action clause — A collective action clause (CAC) allows a supermajority of bondholders to agree a debt restructuring that is legally binding on all holders of the bond, including those who vote against the restructuring. Bondholders generally opposed such… … Wikipedia
collective action — noun : united action by an association (as of nations against an aggressor) … Useful english dictionary
The Logic of Collective Action — The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups is a book by Mancur Olson, Jr. first published in 1965. It develops a theory of political science and economics of concentrated benefits versus diffuse costs. The book… … Wikipedia
Collective security — can be understood as a security arrangement, regional or global, in which each state in the system accepts that the security of one is the concern of all, and agrees to join in a collective response to threats to, and breaches of, the peace.… … Wikipedia
collective security — n. a system of international security in which the participating nations agree to take joint action against a nation that attacks any one of them * * * ▪ international relations system by which states have attempted to prevent or stop wars … Universalium
collective — col‧lec‧tive [kəˈlektɪv] adjective [only before a noun] 1. ECONOMICS collective farm/factory a farm or factory that is owned by a government and controlled by the people who work in it: • In the 1990s, the collective farm system collapsed in… … Financial and business terms
