Collective ownership is the ownership of property by all members of a group.[1][2] The breadth or narrowness of the group can range from a whole society to a set of coworkers in a particular enterprise (such as one collective farm). In the latter narrower sense, collective ownership is distinguished from common ownership and the commons, which implies open access, the holding of assets in common, and the negation of ownership as such. Collective ownership of the means of production is the defining characteristic of socialism,[3] where collective ownership can refer to society-wide ownership (social ownership) or to cooperative ownership by an organization's members. When contrasted with public ownership, collective ownership commonly refers to group ownership (such as a producer cooperative).[4]
See also
- Condominium
- Employee stock ownership
- Market socialism
- Mutualization
- Personal property
- Possession (law)
- Worker cooperative
- Workers' self-management
References
- Barry A. Stein. Collective Ownership, Property Rights, and Control of the Corporation Journal of Economic Issues, 1976^
- Robert C. Stuart, Paul Roderick Gregory. The Global Economy and its Economic Systems South-Western College Publishing, 2013^
- Marina V. Rosser, J. Barkley Jr. Rosser. Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy