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From social movement to moral market : how the circuit riders sparked an IT revolution and created a technology market /
What happens when social movement ideals meet market principles? Based on a three-year ethnography of a technology movement, this book shows how social movements make and shape markets. To illustrate how movements shape markets this book tells the story of the 'Circuit Riders', a group of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
©2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What happens when social movement ideals meet market principles? Based on a three-year ethnography of a technology movement, this book shows how social movements make and shape markets. To illustrate how movements shape markets this book tells the story of the 'Circuit Riders', a group of social justice activists dedicated to sparking a technology revolution among grassroots and non-profit organisations. The movement enrolled and mobilised many activists, growing 10,000 strong in just a few years. But market forces soon derailed the revolution. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0804789061 9780804789066 |