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StrategiesforDistributed andCollectiveAction Strategies for Distributed and Collective Action Connecting the Dots Martin Kornberger 1 1 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©MartinKornberger2022 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2021940842 ISBN978-0-19-886430-1 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198864301.001.0001 Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. ForFrieda,OskarandJessica Contents 1. Introduction:CollectiveActioninCrisis? 1 PART I INVENTORY: MODES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION 2. InvisibleHandExplanations:Emergence,Markets andCollectiveAction 21 3. VisibleHandExplanations:Hierarchy,Management andCollectiveAction 49 4. InstitutionalExplanations:Commons,Conventions andCollectiveAction 64 5. GrassrootExplanations:Movements,Identityand CollectiveAction 76 PASSAGE 6. ChangingLandscapes,NewMaps:Conditionsofthe PossibilityforDistributedandCollectiveAction 91 PART II DISCOVERY: FIGURES OF THOUGHT FOR DISTRIBUTED AND COLLECTIVE ACTION 7. OnPurpose:Concerns,Symbols,NorthStars 117 8. OrganizingtheOpen:InterfaceDesign,Participatory ArchitecturesandEvaluativeInfrastructures 133 9. NetworkStrategy:ASenseofDirection 150 10. EntertheDiplomat:LeadingDistributedCollectives 169 11. InConclusion:The18thCamel 191 Acknowledgments 206 References 207 Index 222 Aren’tweinterestedinwhatis(barely)possible,ratherthanwhat isprobable? AlbertO.Hirschman Awealthymerchantfromtheeastpassedaway.Inhiswill,theman statedequaldivisionofhiswealthtothreesons,buthismosttrea- suredcamelsweredividedinaratherchallengingway.According tothewilltheeldestsonwastobegivenhalfofthecamels,themid- dlesonwastobegivenonethirdofthecamels,andtheyoungest sonwastobegivenoneninthofthecamels.Themerchanthadsev- enteencamels,anditwasnotpossibletodividethemintohalf,one third,orevenintooneninth. Thethreesonsstartedfightingwitheachotherfortheirfairshare ofthecamels.Sincethesonswerenotabletodistributethecamels amongthem,theywenttoawisemanforadvice.Thewiseman patientlylistenedaboutthesons’dilemma.Aftercarefullyunder- standingthesituationthewisemanbroughtoneofhiscamelsand addedittotheseventeencamelsofthemerchant.Thisincreased thetotaltoeighteencamels. Now,hestartedreadingthedeceasedfather’swillanddivided thecamels.Halfofeighteenisnine,sohegavetheeldestsonnine camels.Onethirdoftheeighteenissix,sohegavethemiddleson sixcamels.Theyoungestsongotoneninthoftheeighteencamels, sohegavehimtwocamels.Aftergivingnine,sixandtwocamelsto thesons,hesuccessfullydistributedseventeencamels.Thewise mantookbackhiscamel. TheStoryofthe18thCamel,authorunknown
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