Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Is only monetary base attached to collective action?
The collective action is always measured in terms of monetary value.People see the benefits associated with collective action which has to be in larger than the costs incurred. But is there not a emotional base associated with the success of the collective action.For eg in the Van Panchayat the involvement of women in the collective action helped in the success of the action . The mere involvement of the women in the action gave the sense of belonging and encouragement of participation. so should not the other factors also be taken into account of a collective action?
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Yes, other factors also play should be taken in account. Along with the sense belonging, bonding takes place among members.
The benefits of collective action can be measured in terms of the bargaining power which they get as collective rather that individuals.
Like example: bank formed by women called Mann Deshi Mahila Bank.
The bargaining power of the women was displayed during the formation of the bank. They became board of directors even though initially they could not read and write but later they learned. Then they could not be denied to start a bank along with the founder.
I agree with both of you.....
I do not agree that collective action is always measured in terms of money value. If this was the case then many social issues would not have emerged in the collective action form.
An example here can be the Jessica Lal Murder case. What monetary incentive did the people involved in the protests have ?
Many a times, factors other than money form the basis of such actions. In the above example, it was the attainment of justice rather than money that led to collective action.
Hence it would be inappropriate to say that other factors are not taken into account.
An amusing factor is that you do impress the fact of collective action being influenced by monetary action, though you do impress a factor that does defy its claim to a certain genre. Even if it were to be blatantly honest, the impact of collective action would always have a greater impact, an impact that would definitely count in for more factors than a monetary sense of its evaluation. And it my personal belief and a keen observation from various events in the past that a collective communion towards solving, revolting, forwarding, supporting or working has always been controlled by various other factors.
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