Institutions for collective action
by Judy Stevens
1. collectives
1.1. monastaries
1.2. guilds
1.3. unions
1.4. trade associations
1.5. lobbying coalitions
1.6. NGO assocations
2. consumer cooperatives
2.1. food coops
2.2. housing coops
2.3. rural telephone and electrical coops
2.4. bartering guilds
2.5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative
3. producer cooperatives
3.1. farm coops
3.2. Mondragon Corporation
3.2.1. http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/language/en-US/ENG.aspx
4. commons
4.1. open source code
4.1.1. Benkler: http://www.ted.com/speakers/yochai_benkler.html
4.2. water sharing
4.2.1. Bali water temples http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Order-Recognizing-Complexity-Princeton/dp/0691027277
4.3. broad band
4.3.1. http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773591
4.3.2. http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773591
4.4. smart mobs
4.4.1. http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Mobs-Next-Social-Revolution/dp/0738206083
4.5. internet
5. ambiguous about where belong
5.1. political pacs
5.2. political parties
5.3. governments
5.3.1. (Climate)
5.3.1.1. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/CLOSED_SHORT_executive_summary.pdf
5.4. kinships
5.5. emergent institutions
5.5.1. Marturana
5.5.2. Castoriadis
5.5.2.1. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=9336