Which of the following is NOT one of the six basic preconditions for collective behavior as identified by Neil Smelser?

Smelser’s six preconditions include structural conduciveness, structural strain, generalized belief, a precipitating factor, mobilization for action, and operation of social control. “Emergent-norm” belongs to a different explanation of collective behavior, so it is not one of Smelser’s six preconditions.

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