What requires greater cooperation.... a purpose which is socially accepted and considered as progressive in the realm of social jargon or a purpose which is not socially accepted as well as seen in good light. My take on this is that an antisocial goal not only needs greater cooperation but also needs great trust among the colluders.....if I am sounding little abstract then let me cite a practical example which just happened with us. Since grades are relative in IRMA and it is also very important for academically marginalised people. Therefore we decided to generate collective action in one of the quizzes.........the plan was everybody will submit his or her paper blank which will yield zero marks which was not such a bad idea considering the fact that one could also fall on the left side of the zero. And ultimately by generating this kind of cooperation everybody will land at grade B which is remarkably good. But alas! We could not able to carry this one out as the chances that nobody will defect are very low, and defection even by a single person have defeated the whole purpose. Had it been a socially noble cause generating collective action could not have been that difficult.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
which one requires greater cooperation
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brother in every collective action you find some villians, as they are the person who spoils all the essence of cac. self interest had been the major source of motivation in all the movements and collective action happened. the people who defaulted were the person who were getting an 'a' grade in any case so why to spoil their grades as they didnt required any sort of collective action. moreover cac teaches that the marginalized should be revived but what about the people who are not marginalized. we still need some more theories to know how to involve these people in the collective action endeavor.
its better not to do collective action here as the objective does not favour those who are doing studies regularly. and take it as a pinch of salt that in the end what matters is knowledge and not the grades....and it is quite very much evident from the PRM 28 placements....
I do not think so. I would like you to think about those persons who studied the whole night like me. I devoted a lot of my time reading that subject. So howcan i leave the paper blank. I feel this collective action would ahve been successful had there been an actor(student) who should have come out and mde the points cleat. I feel collective action cannot be successful within a short time span of 1hour.
thanks
Dear Saurabh, I think the collecive which you are talking about is a lose-lose situation in the long run. Collective action has to be constructive to solve the purpose
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