Solidarity in strategy
Subtitle: making business meaningful in American trade associations
By: Lyn Spillman
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226769561; 9780226769578
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Business anthropology; Trade associations; Economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Solidarity, strategy, and the meaning of business; title: A new view of American business associations. "Unstable, redundant, and limited": the puzzle of American business associations ; Stable, diverse, and minimal: contemporary business associations and cultural production; title: American business associations as cultural institutions. "Meet the movers and the shakers of the industry": the social construction of business interests ; "A special camaraderie with colleagues": presuming and producing solidarity; title: American business associations and economic action. "To grow the industry": business associations and economic interests ;  "The highest level of professional recognition": business associations and technical excellence; title: American business associations in politics. "A voice for the industry": business associations and political interests ; "A tense and permeable boundary": business associations in the civil sphere ; The power of business culture.