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Solidarity in strategy : making business meaningful in American trade associations /

Popular conceptions hold that capitalism is driven almost entirely by the pursuit of profit and self-interest. Challenging that assumption, this major new study of American business associations shows how market and non-market relations are actually profoundly entwined at the heart of capitalism. In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spillman, Lyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Solidarity, strategy, and the meaning of business
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.