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Britannica
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Collective action problem | Causes, Solutions & Examples | Britannica
August 31, 2023 - Collective action problem, problem, inherent to collective action, that is posed by disincentives that tend to discourage joint action by individuals in the pursuit of a common goal. Collective action occurs when a number of people work together to achieve some common objective. However, it has
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Quora
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What is a collective action problem example? - Quora
June 4, 2017 - Answer (1 of 4): Collective action problems arise when all of the members of a large group enjoy a resource equally – say clean air – but protecting that resource must be paid for by each group member.When such situations arise – especially when the cost of protection is high – each ...
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Collective Action Problem

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August 21, 2022

I love behavioral theory, here are some snips from the wiki about solutions to it

Motivational solutions assume that people have other-regarding preferences. There is a considerable literature on social value orientations which shows that people have stable preferences for how much they value outcomes for self versus others.

The first solution it offers suggests that the motivation to do collective action comes from internal pro social factors from each person. They were able to narrow down specific categories that make people more or less pro social but don’t really have enough data to make interventions on that basis

One interesting thing I found regarding motivational factors was thus

Another factor that might affect the weight individuals assign to group outcomes is the possibility of communication. A robust finding in the social dilemma literature is that cooperation increases when people are given a chance to talk to each other. It has been quite a challenge to explain this effect. One motivational reason is that communication reinforces a sense of group identity.

This is definitely seen in by how places like this sub have opened up communication across the org and have given a platform for people to discuss things like unions. However it goes on to say how communication can be a double edged sword.

First, communication gives group members a chance to make promises and explicit commitments about what they will do. It is not clear if many people stick to their promises to cooperate. Similarly, through communication people are able to gather information about what others do. On the other hand, this information might produce ambiguous results; an awareness of other people's willingness to cooperate may cause a temptation to take advantage of them.

This sort of touches on one of my gripes about the union push. I really don’t know exactly what the goal of unionization is. Of course I know the basic talking points, like higher wages more time off and so on, but I am more interested to know how much higher wages and how much more time off. When pressed I have gotten some answers but the answers I get are either half baked, still vague, or unreasonable from a profitability standpoint. I know you are working primarily on your website and taking communications off Reddit, though I would encourage you to think about the specific positions a union would want to accomplish and spread that message to everyone in the form of a flyer or image that can be easily shared. This would be similar to an Assurance Contract, which you can read more about here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assurance_contract

Having stated specific goals can help a lot as it gets people to start making the rational calculation in their head.

In a binding way, members of a group pledge to contribute to action A if a total contribution level is reached (often a monetary threshold, or a quorum of N members making the same pledge). If the threshold level is met (perhaps by a certain expiration date), the action is taken and the public good is provided; otherwise, the parties are not bound to carry through the action and any monetary contributions are refunded.

Stating goals isn’t as binding as some of the listed methods like an actual contract, a law, or something more enforceable, but it hangs the movements credibility on its capability to follow through with what it promised which creates some form of accountability to each supporter

As for the other solutions mentioned in the wiki regarding the Collective Action Problem, I don’t feel they apply as strongly as the communication aspect. This area of behavioral science is more geared towards addressing the tragedy of the commons as resources are used more than the sustainable level

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Rational Choice: Collective Action Problems

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July 17, 2015

Gun control is probably the most recent and relevant type of collective action problem that's being discussed in America.

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Recommendations of collective social action?

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October 20, 2020

By social action, do you mean social movements? Like, protests and civil disobedience? If that's what you mean, then yes!! Sociologists study social movements in all forms!! There are many theories covering all types of social movements and books written on specific movements. Let us know if that's what you mean and we can point you in the right direction.

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Rational Choice Theory: Collective Action Problems

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May 30, 2016

What doesn't get brought up often enough is that capital and markets actually radically restrict the choices available, because consumers can only signal commodity preferences, not policy preferences. The best case I know against ethical consumerism was actually laid out by Milton Friedman, talking about how a pencil is made.

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Wikipedia
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Collective action problem - Wikipedia
1 week ago - A collective action problem or social dilemma is a situation in which all individuals would be better off cooperating but fail to do so because of conflicting interests between individuals that discourage joint action. The collective action problem has been addressed in political philosophy ...
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Openstax
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6.4 Collective Action Problems: The Problem of Incentives - Introduction to Political Science | OpenStax
May 18, 2022 - The world’s resources are finite. In southern Africa in the 20th century, overhunting nearly led to the extinction of the black rhino.61 Many types of f...
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Psu
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Collective Action Problems | GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
Two concepts from ethics that we did not touch on in Module 3 are altruism (selflessness) and selfishness. Perhaps we should be altruistic and make personal sacrifices to help others. But, for better or worse, people often are at least somewhat selfish. Collective action problems arise when ...
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Colorado
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The Collective Action Problem
Formally, a collective action problem is any failure of a group of individuals to achieve an outcome everyone one likes at least as well as the outcome that results from everyone acting in her own self-interest. This problem of collective action can be divided into two general classes.
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ScienceDirect
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Collective Action Problem - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Collective action problems occur when it becomes necessary to mobilize many agents – eventually all of them – in order to provide a nonexcludable good that is beneficial for the group but that requires costly behavior on the part of the individuals.
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Oxford Reference
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Collective-action problem - Oxford Reference
Two famous examples are Chicken and Prisoners' Dilemma, another class of collective action problem is the Assurance Game. In a typical Assurance game, you and I have agreed to meet in London tomorrow, but we have forgotten to specify where and when. So each of us must try to think what the ...
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Wikipedia
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Collective action - Wikipedia
December 14, 2023 - The economic theory of collective ... to as Public Choice. Mancur Olson's 1965 book The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, is an important early analysis of the problems of public good cost....
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Reddit
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r/Geico on Reddit: Collective Action Problem

I love behavioral theory, here are some snips from the wiki about solutions to it

Motivational solutions assume that people have other-regarding preferences. There is a considerable literature on social value orientations which shows that people have stable preferences for how much they value outcomes for self versus others.

The first solution it offers suggests that the motivation to do collective action comes from internal pro social factors from each person. They were able to narrow down specific categories that make people more or less pro social but don’t really have enough data to make interventions on that basis

One interesting thing I found regarding motivational factors was thus

Another factor that might affect the weight individuals assign to group outcomes is the possibility of communication. A robust finding in the social dilemma literature is that cooperation increases when people are given a chance to talk to each other. It has been quite a challenge to explain this effect. One motivational reason is that communication reinforces a sense of group identity.

This is definitely seen in by how places like this sub have opened up communication across the org and have given a platform for people to discuss things like unions. However it goes on to say how communication can be a double edged sword.

First, communication gives group members a chance to make promises and explicit commitments about what they will do. It is not clear if many people stick to their promises to cooperate. Similarly, through communication people are able to gather information about what others do. On the other hand, this information might produce ambiguous results; an awareness of other people's willingness to cooperate may cause a temptation to take advantage of them.

This sort of touches on one of my gripes about the union push. I really don’t know exactly what the goal of unionization is. Of course I know the basic talking points, like higher wages more time off and so on, but I am more interested to know how much higher wages and how much more time off. When pressed I have gotten some answers but the answers I get are either half baked, still vague, or unreasonable from a profitability standpoint. I know you are working primarily on your website and taking communications off Reddit, though I would encourage you to think about the specific positions a union would want to accomplish and spread that message to everyone in the form of a flyer or image that can be easily shared. This would be similar to an Assurance Contract, which you can read more about here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assurance_contract

Having stated specific goals can help a lot as it gets people to start making the rational calculation in their head.

In a binding way, members of a group pledge to contribute to action A if a total contribution level is reached (often a monetary threshold, or a quorum of N members making the same pledge). If the threshold level is met (perhaps by a certain expiration date), the action is taken and the public good is provided; otherwise, the parties are not bound to carry through the action and any monetary contributions are refunded.

Stating goals isn’t as binding as some of the listed methods like an actual contract, a law, or something more enforceable, but it hangs the movements credibility on its capability to follow through with what it promised which creates some form of accountability to each supporter

As for the other solutions mentioned in the wiki regarding the Collective Action Problem, I don’t feel they apply as strongly as the communication aspect. This area of behavioral science is more geared towards addressing the tragedy of the commons as resources are used more than the sustainable level

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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC2724467
An Account of Collective Actions in Public Health - PMC
Collective action problems are traditionally attributed to rational egoists seeking to promote their interests and enjoy a “free ride.” We call attention, however, to the behavioral features of collective action and their implications for solving public health policy problems.
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Econstor
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The problems of collective action: A new approach
EconStor is a publication server for scholarly economic literature, provided as a non-commercial public service by the ZBW.
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Reddit
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r/philosophy on Reddit: Rational Choice: Collective Action Problems
July 17, 2015 - 131 votes, 62 comments. 18M subscribers in the philosophy community. /r/philosophy: the portal for public philosophy
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OUP Academic
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Collective-action Problems and Development: A Typological Theory of Political Settlements | Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications | Oxford Academic
June 23, 2022 - Abstract. This chapter takes a further step towards enhancing political settlement analysis’s formal rigour. It offers a framework that permits systematic inqui
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Psu
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Solving Collective Action Problems | GEOG 30N: Environment and Society in a Changing World
Fortunately, as we learned at the close of the last section, we are not doomed to suffer the consequences of failing to cooperate on collective action problems. People can and often do act collectively, even if they still hold selfish ethical views.
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Khan Academy
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Political: Collective Action Problems (video) | Khan Academy
Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
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SpringerLink
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Collective Action Problem
Collective action refers to group action whenever two or more individuals are involved. A basic hypothesis is that “…the incentive system may be regarded as the principal variable affecting organizational behavior” (Clark and Wilson 1961, p. 130)....
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Openstax
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6.5 Resolving Collective Action Problems - Introduction to Political Science | OpenStax
May 18, 2022 - Two remedies for the tragedies of the commons require governmental power. One remedy gives a central institution (the government) the authority to prote...