Collective action

 refers to action taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their condition and achieve a common objective.

Quotes

 * Man becomes conscious of himself and his humanity only in society and only by the collective action of the whole society.
 * Mikhail Bakunin, Man, Society, and Freedom (1871), as translated by Sam Dolgoff in Bakunin on Anarchy (1971)


 * An institution is defined as collective action in control, liberation and expansion of individual action.
 * John R. Commons, "Institutional Economics" American Economic Review, vol. 21 (December 1931), p. 648.


 * Human beings have always had common purpose and destiny for which there have always been collective efforts.
 * Farid A. Malik, It is about sharing and caring (January 23, 2020), Daily Times.


 * What is missing from the 's tool kit - and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization - is an adequately specified theory of collective action whereby a group of principals can organize themselves voluntarily to retain the residuals of their own efforts.
 * Elinor Ostrom (1996) Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action p. 25-26