From Social Movement to Moral Market
Paul-Brian McInerney
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Description for From Social Movement to Moral Market
From Social Movement to Moral Market tells the story of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who helped nonprofit organizations to cross the digital divide, as a way of examining how grassroots movements lay the groundwork for the formation of new markets. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
In From Social Movement to Moral Market, Paul-Brian McInerney explores what happens when a movement of activists gives way to a market for entrepreneurs. This book explains the transition by tracing the brief and colorful history of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who sought to lead nonprofits across the digital divide. In a single decade, this movement spawned a market for technology assistance providers, dedicated to serving nonprofit organizations. In contrast to the Circuit Riders' grassroots approach, which was rooted in their commitment to a cause, these consultancies sprung up as social enterprises, blending the values of the ... Read more
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Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804785129
SKU
V9780804785129
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99-50
About Paul-Brian McInerney
Paul-Brian McInerney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on economic and organizational sociology, social studies of technology, social movements and collective behavior, and qualitative methods.
Reviews for From Social Movement to Moral Market
"McInerney presents a rich qualitative case study that follows the emergence of a market for non-profit technology consulting services . . . This book is written for a sociological audience, for which it builds a valuable theoretical bridge between political and economic sociology by adopting the lens of contemporary social movement theory to explore activists' role in shaping new market ... Read more