Collective action is traditionally defined as any action aiming to improve the group’s conditions (such as status or power), which is enacted by a representative of the group. It is a term that has formulations and theories in many areas of the social sciences including psychology, sociology, political science and economics.
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“There is no such thing as collective guilt.”
—Kurt Waldheim (b. 1918)
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