Shared identity underpins commoner formation and collective action.

Evidence

Coming together to gain access to land initiated the process of becoming commoners. In land occupations, settlers forged identity through shared struggle over time (Stavrides, 2022). In market-based settlements, common identity emerged from shared backgrounds (having lived and worked in similar areas) and their shared goal of gaining land. Benyei et al. found that shared identity can be the foundation for collective action, especially when “more formal means or institutions” are absent or in response to “feeling collectively disadvantaged” (2022, p. 272). — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 133

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes two distinct pathways to commoner identity formation: shared struggle over time versus shared background and goal.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 133
• XREF: connects to: Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 16; Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49; Shared social identity both causes group behaviour and is caused by it. (+16 more)

Related

• Shared social identity both causes group behaviour and is caused by it. (similarity 0.87)
• Commoning transforms participants’ identities even as it embeds practices of power and difference (similarity 0.83)
• Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members (similarity 0.83)
• People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join (similarity 0.81)
• Collective identity shifts personal goals toward the group’s welfare (similarity 0.80)
• Coordinated collective action requires others’ co-action, not just identification (similarity 0.80)
• Shared identity in crowds produces solidarity and expected mutual support. (similarity 0.80)
• Collective identity and shared grievances reinforce each other bidirectionally (similarity 0.79)
• Without shared identity, group members cannot trust one another enough to delegate. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Collective identity is a shared place in the social world #expands (0.85)
• Collective identity and shared grievances reinforce each other bidirectionally #qualifies (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4428
• Social identity complexity governs who counts as an in-group member #qualifies (0.72)