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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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
