An equation for success of a collective action

The equation for success of a collective action can be written as :

SUCCESS OF A COLLECTIVE ACTION = MUTUAL SELF INTEREST + RESPONSE TO A SHARED THREAT

on reading this equation we can conclude that unless and until there is mutual self interest in responding to a shared threat, a successful collective action cannot come into existence. This can be proved by various examples. One being, on realising that the severe threat to earth's ecology would spell doom for all the countries alike, the respective governments have started meeting to decide about the plans for ecological conservation.

SHASHVAT SINGH (30044)