Collective can also refer to the collective pitch flight control in helicopters Refers to the pitch (or angle) of blades of a helicopter to direct movement. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors (propellers). ...

A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise political and social power and to make decisions on a consensus-driven and egalitarian basis. Collectives differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving (but can be that as well). Political power is a type of power held by a person or group in a society. ... It has been suggested that Bases of power be merged into this article or section. ... Consensus has two common meanings. ... Egalitarianism is any moral or political theory that emphasizes the supposed equality of morally-significant beings. ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit. ...

A commune or intentional community, which may also be known as a "collective household", is a group of people who live together in some kind of dwelling or residence, or in some other arrangement (eg. sharing land). Collective households may be organized for a specific purpose (eg. relating to business, parenting, or some other shared interest). A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. ... An intentional community is a planned residential community with a much higher degree of social interaction than other communities. ... Parenting is the process of raising a child from birth until they reach adulthood. ...

Collective consciousness is a term created by French social theorist Émile Durkheim that describes how an entire community comes together to share similar values. The French social theorist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) used the term collective consciousness in his The Rules of Sociological Method (1895), Suicide (1897), and The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912). ... Emile Durkheim David Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917) is known as one of the originators of modern sociology. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

The term collective is sometimes used to describe a species as a whole, for example the human collective.

Types of collectives

• art collectives
• activist collectives
• environment collectives
• health collectives
• law collectives
• music collectives
• newspaper collectives
• research collectives

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Artist collective. ... A law collective is a non-hierarchical organization which provides legal services to a community or communities in need. ... A Music Collective or Musical Collective, is a collective whos primary focus is musical output (music) or one that has a strong focus on music as a method of achieving its aims. ...

See also

• collective bargaining
• collective farming
• Collective noun
• Collective Soul
• collectivism
• groupthink
• kibbutz

Collective agreement is a labour contract between an employer and one or more unions. ... Collective farming is an organizational unit in agriculture in which peasants are not paid wages, but rather receive a share of the farms net output. ... Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery or nouns of assemblage) in English are subject-specific words used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts. ... Collective Soul are an alternative rock/post-grunge band from Stockbridge, Georgia, USA. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s theyve enjoyed immense commercial popularity on alternative rock and mainstream rock radio. ... Collectivism, in general, is a term used to describe any doctrine that stresses the importance of a collective, rather than the importance of the individual. ... Groupthink is a term coined by psychologist Irving Janis in 1972 to describe a process by which a group can make bad or irrational decisions. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective community. ...

External links

• Collective Labor is Direct Action: an introduction to worker owned collectives Andrew W. Smith, 2003