Social Movements and Organization Theory - download pdf or read online

By Gerald F. Davis

ISBN-10: 0511115601

ISBN-13: 9780511115608

ISBN-10: 0521839491

ISBN-13: 9780521839495

Even supposing the fields of association conception and social circulation concept have lengthy been considered as belonging to various worlds, contemporary occasions have intervened, reminding us that businesses have gotten extra movement-like and unstable and politicized whereas hobbies usually tend to borrow thoughts from organisations. themes lined during this quantity diversity from globalization and transnational social flow businesses to group recycling courses.

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1997). Competition among these provider systems on the basis of price, quality, and consumer amenities meant that entrepreneurial and managerial skills were much in demand. ” Finally, throughout the period of the study, ownership arrangements have undergone change. Public ownership of health care facilities showed a marked decline among all types of care organizations. Among the private providers, the most traditional forms such as hospitals have tended to remain nonprofit, while most of the newer forms are primarily for-profit.

By 1975, deregulation had developed into the “new religion in this town: . . much of Washington was doing it or professing to do it” (Derthick and Quirk 1985: 29). During this period, the cause was championed by individuals as diverse as Senator Edward Kennedy, on the grounds that it protected consumer interests, and President Gerald Ford, because it served business interests, free enterprise, and reduced governmental interference. Deregulation connected to and gained momentum from the development of a broad-based consumer movement during the 1960s.

Quite early, during the 1950s and early 1960s, a collection of academic economists had begun to question the value of regulation – of price, firm entry, or exit – as a tool of governmental intervention in the economy. The intellectual critique, supported by accompanying research on a number of key industries, began to spread to public policy circles during the early 1970s. By 1975, deregulation had developed into the “new religion in this town: . . much of Washington was doing it or professing to do it” (Derthick and Quirk 1985: 29).

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