The time and money it takes to organize a group or a campaign and to get the attention of lots of busy people is the:

A. cost of collective action.
B. reason why collective action does not happen in the real world.
C. reason why all individuals never participate in any collective action.
D. initial set-up costs of the campaign or group.


A. cost of collective action.

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