| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Series |
Communication, Society and Politics |
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Communication, society, and politics.
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| Contents |
Collective Action in Organizations: Interaction and Engagement in an Era of Technological Change; COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIETY AND POLITICS; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 1: Involvement in Organizational Collective Action in an Era of Technological Change; The Three Organizations: The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn; Individuals in Organizations: Interacting and Engaging; Explaining Collective Action in The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn; The American Legion; AARP; MoveOn; The Organizational Context for Collective Action |
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Outcomes: Involvement in Collective ActionContributors to Involvement: Technology, Motivation, and Goals; Participatory Styles; Plan of the Book; 2: The Contemporary Media Environment and the Evolution of Boundaries in Organization-based Collective Action; Two Capabilities of Technology Relevant to Collective Action of All Kinds; The Implications of Structure: End-User Enterprise; Ubiquity of the Sociotechnical Infrastructure; Explanatory Models in an Era of End-User Enterprise and Technological Ubiquity |
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The Implications of End-User Enterprise and Technological Ubiquity for Organization-based Collective ActionThe Evolution of Boundaries and Organization-based Collective Action; 3: The Collective Action Space; Traditional Collective Action Theory and Its Modifications; Organization Theory and Boundary Crossing; The Two Central Dimensions of Boundary Crossing; Interacting: From Personal to Impersonal; Engaging: From Institutional to Entrepreneurial; The Collective Action Space; Collective Action Space and Social-Capital Theory; Collective Action Space and Organization Theory |
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4: The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn in Collective Action SpaceThe Study; Measuring Interaction; Measuring Engagement; The American Legion in Collective Action Space; AARP in Collective Action Space; MoveOn in Collective Action Space; Digital-Media Use in the Three Organizations; Approaching Collective Action in the Three Organizations: Focusing on the Individual; Contribution; Identification; Trust; Explaining Contribution, Identification, and Trust; Motivations: Instrumental, Social, Influence-oriented; Goals; Digital-Media Use; Collective Action within and across the Organizations |
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The American LegionAARP; MoveOn; Conclusion; 5: Exploring Collective Action Space; Participatory Styles in Organizations; Personal Interaction and Entrepreneurial Engagement: Enthusiasts; Impersonal Interaction and Institutional Engagement: Minimalist; Impersonal Interaction and Entrepreneurial Engagement: Individualists; Personal Interaction and Institutional Engagement: Traditionalists; Digital-Media Use and Participatory Styles; Explaining Contributions, Identification, and Organizational Trust with Participatory Styles; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Explores how people participate in public life through organizations. The authors examine three organizations and show surprising similarities across them |
| Notes |
6: Participatory Styles, the Individual, and the Contemporary Organization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
AARP (Organization)
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American Legion.
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MoveOn.org.
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| SUBJECT |
AARP (Organization) fast |
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American Legion fast |
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MoveOn.org fast |
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Lobbying -- United States
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Pressure groups -- United States.
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Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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Associations, institutions, etc.
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Lobbying
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Pressure groups
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flanagin, Andrew
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Stohl, Cynthia
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| LC no. |
2011032250 |
| ISBN |
9781139231732 |
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1139231731 |
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0521191726 |
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9780521191722 |
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9780511978777 |
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0511978774 |
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9781139230261 |
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1139230263 |
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1107223059 |
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9781107223059 |
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1280878908 |
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9781280878909 |
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1139232495 |
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9781139232494 |
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9786613720214 |
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6613720216 |
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1139228811 |
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9781139228817 |
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1139233262 |
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9781139233262 |
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