Communities organize around common resources motivated by virtues and cooperation.

Evidence

Returning to commons organizing, in this article we study the development of novel forms of organizing driven by communities of people that work in common for the common good and common resources. The motivations for these communities include human virtues and human cooperation due to prosocial attitudes towards others (Batson 2011). — Laura Albareda and Alejo Jose G. Sison, Commons Organizing, 201

Categorization

  • corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Laura Albareda and Alejo Jose G. Sison, Commons Organizing: Embedding Common…, 201
  • XREF: connects to: Commons function as social resources binding communities together, not just property rights. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 10; Community associations can reclaim closed public buildings as shared meeting places through negotiation. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 50; Traditional community bonds bring corruption and intolerance as well as civic benefit. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 77 (+12 more)

Broader Connections