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Define What Is Meant by the Term Collective Action

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Define what is meant by the term collective action. Discuss the two ways in which social movements differ from other forms of collective action.


Definitions:

Highly Inelastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied of a good changes by a very small amount in response to changes in price.

Monopolistically Competitive

A market structure characterized by many firms selling similar but not identical products, with some control over prices.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogeneous product, and free entry and exit in the market.

Herfindahl Index

A measure of the size of companies in relation to the industry and an indicator of the amount of competition among them.

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