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050 00 $aJF529$b.B585 2012
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100 1 $aBimber, Bruce A.$q(Bruce Allen),$d1961-
245 10 $aCollective action in organizations :$binteraction and engagement in an era of technological change /$cBruce Bimber, Andrew J. Flanagin, Cynthia Stohl.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $axiii, 224 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCommunication, society and politics
520 $a"This book explores how people participate in public life through organizations. The authors examine The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn, and show surprising similarities across these three organizations"--Provided by publisher.
520 $a"This book offers a new theory of collective action for the age of digital media, attesting to the continued relevance of formal organizations in a time when digital media can make it seem that organizations are outdated. The authors examine the dynamics of membership in three distinctive organizations: The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn. They develop the theory of Collective Action Space to demonstrate the important dimensions of membership and use survey and interview data to explore commonalities across the organizations, each of which exhibits four ,♯p︢articipatory styles.,♯ ̮The book shows that predictors of participation vary greatly across participatory styles, and rather little across organizations. The book wrestles with a crucial feature of contemporary collective action, wherein technology does not necessarily make people participate more, but people consistently use technology when they participate. The result is a theoretically rich and empirically fresh portrait of collective action, organization, and technology"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Involvement in organizational collective action in an era of technological change; 2. The contemporary media environment and the evolution of boundaries in organization-based collective action; 3. The collective action space; 4. The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn in collective action space; 5. Exploring collective action space; 6. Participatory styles, the individual, and the contemporary organization.
650 0 $aLobbying$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPressure groups$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAssociations, institutions, etc.$zUnited States.
610 20 $aAARP (Organization)
610 20 $aAmerican Legion.
610 20 $aMoveOn.org.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aFlanagin, Andrew J.
700 1 $aStohl, Cynthia.
830 0 $aCommunication, society, and politics.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011032250-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011032250-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011032250-t.html